xp installation problem

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I am doing a repair installation of xp. The installation was halted due to
low virtual memory. I have tried to restart and continue the installation.
The computer gets to the point where it is going to actually intall windows,
but fails because of low virtual memory and then the computer restarts.
I need to be able to safe all the information on the hard drive. Is there
anyway to get the installation to continue and fix the problem of low virtual
memory?
 
Repair as in windows explorer,repair should be done in MS-DOS (boot to xp
cd),either way,open system properties,advanced,virtual memory,change,
for C: set to "let system manage" click set 2X,restart pc.

"Blademaster" wrote:

> I am doing a repair installation of xp. The installation was halted due to
> low virtual memory. I have tried to restart and continue the installation.
> The computer gets to the point where it is going to actually intall windows,
> but fails because of low virtual memory and then the computer restarts.
> I need to be able to safe all the information on the hard drive. Is there
> anyway to get the installation to continue and fix the problem of low virtual
> memory?
 
I am doing a repair installation of XP itself. I am doing the repair using
the boot cd. When it tries to contunie with the install of XP it says low
virtual memory and the reboots. I need to safe all my files. I have no way of
accessing the files. I really do not want to have to do a clean install of xp.

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Repair as in windows explorer,repair should be done in MS-DOS (boot to xp
> cd),either way,open system properties,advanced,virtual memory,change,
> for C: set to "let system manage" click set 2X,restart pc.
>
> "Blademaster" wrote:
>
> > I am doing a repair installation of xp. The installation was halted due to
> > low virtual memory. I have tried to restart and continue the installation.
> > The computer gets to the point where it is going to actually intall windows,
> > but fails because of low virtual memory and then the computer restarts.
> > I need to be able to safe all the information on the hard drive. Is there
> > anyway to get the installation to continue and fix the problem of low virtual
> > memory?
 
"Blademaster" <Blademaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:359DA329-43A3-4A17-955E-254140220B59@microsoft.com...
>I am doing a repair installation of xp. The installation was halted due
>to
> low virtual memory. I have tried to restart and continue the
> installation.
> The computer gets to the point where it is going to actually intall
> windows,
> but fails because of low virtual memory and then the computer
> restarts.
> I need to be able to safe all the information on the hard drive. Is
> there
> anyway to get the installation to continue and fix the problem of low
> virtual
> memory?

1. Why are you doing a repair install?

2. Were you getting low virtual memory messages prior to the repair
install attempt? If so, the easiest way to address this is to let your
system manage Virtual memory:

Right-click on My computer and select Properties. Go to the Advanced tab
and click on Settings (under Performance). Change to Advanced, hit
Change and select the target drive for your virtual memory file.

Which is selected: Custom or System managed size? If Custom, what is the
initial size and what is the maximum size?

Usually, System managed is just fine. If you prefer to read up more and
customize it properly (although the end result may very well be the
same!), see "Virtual Memory in Windows XP":

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

3. Using the following as a guide:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

.... at what point do you start experiencing problems? Be sure to relay
*exact* error messages.
 
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