Paging File

[ipswichPete]

Quite often a receive an error when shrinking and copying DVDs saying 'Paging file is too small' What is this referring to and can it be fixed? It seems to appear consistently on certain DVDs!
I have maximised all memory and virtual memory on my PC.
Anyone help?

[photo_angel2004]

Hello and welcome to the forum,

SYMPTOMS
Your computer may seem to stop responding (hang) while Windows is loading your personal settings, or you may receive the following error message after you log on to Windows:
Limited Virtual Memory
Your system has no paging file, or the paging file is too small.

To fix this problem, go to System in Control Panel, click the Advanced tab, and under Performance, click Settings. On the Advanced tab, click Change. Click 'Custom size,' and then type an initial or maximum paging file size.
If you view the configuration settings for the paging file by following the instructions in the error message, you may receive the following message:
Windows created a temporary paging file on your computer because of a problem that occurred with your paging file configuration when you started your computer. The total paging file size for all disk drives may be somewhat larger than the size you specified.
After you click OK, the settings for your paging file may seem to be correct.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315270

[katzdvd]

Hi ipswichPete,


How much free space do you have on your HD or the partition that you are backing up to? If you have little free space available, you will continue to have a page file problem, even if you have 1 GB of RAM.

In addition to PA's post, another solution (and maybe the only one that will work) would be to free up some disc space. 15% free will not cut it!

I don't know if that is your issue, but when working on others' pc's in the past, & from my own experiences, this has been the case.

Let us know how you make out!

Regards, katz