Re: No boot after SP2 - Virtual Memory error

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Rick

The system won't even let me get into safe mode. And if I remember
correctly, if I boot from the CD to repair an installation and get to a C
prompt, I can't run any files when I am there...

AC

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uVMDVGAJGHA.2928@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> Hit F8 at the initial bootup to get the menu. Choose Safe Mode with
> Command Prompt. Logon, then from the prompt (C:\>), run
> C:\Windows\System32\Restore\rstrui.exe to open the System Restore GUI. SP2
> setup will have created a point as a safeguard that will allow you to
> revert back to it in the event of a failed installation.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "AC" <jerry.spam.pierce@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3xDCf.137903$oG.10266@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Evening all
>>
>> My hard drive recently crashed, so after purchasing a new drive I got XP
>> up and running again. First thing I did was to get the network back up
>> and running and start downloading updates.
>> After the third reboot for the updates, SP2 downloaded and installed.
>> Ever since it's reboot I cannot get back into windows at all.
>> What I have caught is that when the system boots, just before XP would
>> open up, there is an error message. "Not enough virtual memory or page
>> file .... " (That's all I can read before the system automatically
>> reboots.
>> Nothing has worked for me. I tried to repair the installation by booting
>> from the CD, I tried safe mode, and just about every other option I can
>> come up with and nothing seems to work.
>>
>> Does anyone out there have any ideas on what could be causing my
>> problem??
>>
>> Thx
>> J Pierce
>>
>
>


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