Re: Pagefile problem after duplicating Win2000 partition
- From: "j9" <j9@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:27:00 -0600
1) Boot into safe mode
2) Turn off the swap file(s)\
3) boot into recovery console
4) delete all instances of *.swp from all drive letters (remember, they are
hidden, system files)
5) reboot into normal mode
6) set your new swap file appropriatly
7) reboot
"Serban Andrei Dumitrescu" <sad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Pine.SGI.4.61.0506211740000.9168168@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've received great help before from you and since now I#ve tried all the
> things that possibly came to my mind I'm asking again for help.
>
> Here's my problem:
>
> Because of a failing hard drive (SMART warning) I've tried to replicate
> all data on the replacement hdd (identical model).
>
> At first, using Norton Ghost 2002 from bootable floppy I tried to
> replicate the entire drive, but the process failed because of a read error
> somewhere towards the "end" of the drive. Then I decided to replicate my
> two partitions one by one. First I partitioned the new hard drive just
> like the old one was (using Partition Magic 7): one system partition
> (primary, active, NTFS - "C:") and one "data" partition (also primary,
> NTFS, "D:"). Using Norton Ghost again I replicated the system partition
> and decided to copy the files on the data partition later manually
> (because the bad sectors were obviously on that one). Leaving the data
> partition completely aside now, the problem I encountered was that after
> disconnecting the old drive and jumpering the new one as "master", when
> booting Windows from the new drive and logging in, there comes an error
> msg or warning about not enough swap space and how to set up the page file
> properly. However, after I click "OK", the logon dialog reappears at once,
> then after logging in the swap warning appears again, then back to the
> login box and so on. So that the actual Windows desktop never comes up,
> leaving me no chance to set up the page file.
>
> I think I undesrstand why a pagefile problem occurs: Norton Ghost probably
> just copies the files, more or less, not replicating their exact physical
> locations, therefore the "cloned" Windows installation doesn't find it's
> pagefile where expected. However, I didn't find an option in Norton Ghost
> for "raw" (sector by sector) copying. Maybe it does that when duplicating
> the entire drive, but that failed before already due to bad sectors.
>
> What irritates me most is the strange "loop"-like behaviour of Windows,
> after login and the popup of the warning message immediately returning to
> the login box again, wihtout ever getting to the desktop.
>
> I didn't try out the "boot to command prompt" option because I don't know
> of any way to set up the page file using shell commands. The "safe" start
> mode (or whatever it's called; my copy of Windows is in German) didn't
> work - I got caught in the same loop.
>
> Also using different options for partition duplicating in Norton Ghost
> (direct IDE access; copy standard/boot/all sectors; etc.) didn't make a
> difference so far.
>
> Please help me with that - It's been 4 days already since I'm working on
> this and I have to send the "bad" drive back within the week.
>
> Many thanks in advance!!
>
> Andrei
>
> --
>
> "An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A
> pessimist is sure of it." - Anonymous
>
.
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