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Old June 9th 04, 02:56 AM
graham
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Default msdos and virtual memory

tryed to reinstall me. i first disabled virtual memory
and now won't it boot no how no way.(safe mode or
otherwise)
how can i turn it back on or fix the problem?
already tryed to reinstall.


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Old June 9th 04, 06:41 PM
Noel Paton
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Default msdos and virtual memory

Graham
try deleting the swapfile
Boot to DOS using the Startup floppy, and type the following commands

DEL C:\WIN386.SWP
DEL C:\WINDOWS\WIN386.SWP
(one may report 'File not found' - don't worry!)

EDIT C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI

In the window that comes up, look for the following lines, and put a
semi-colon ( in front of them...
PagingDrive=C:
MaxPagingFileSize=0

Now hit Alt, F, S in that order to save, then Alt F X to exit, and reboot to
Windows, removing the floppy.

See if that fixes it - if not, post back with details of how you disabled
the Virtual Memory in the first place!


Now the $64,000 question - why did you do this???
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tryed to reinstall me. i first disabled virtual memory
and now won't it boot no how no way.(safe mode or
otherwise)
how can i turn it back on or fix the problem?
already tryed to reinstall.




 




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