Perm. Swap File
Douglass M.Porter
Could someone tell me how to delete a corrupt permanent swap file in
Win. 3.11? At Windows boot I get a Corrupt Swap File Warning that asks
if I want to delete the corrupt file, but answering "Y" doesn't do the
trick.
I've tried setting file size to 0 in system.ini, but that doesn't work.
Any other ideas?
I have a mystery disk "H" ("C", "A", "B", then "H"), which carries a lot
of bytoes and I suspect is the swap file. What if I just wipe that out?
Is re-installing Windows an option?
All assistance greatly appreciated.
D. Porter
Tim Jenkins
Whilst there are many way to delete the PerSwap and many levels of user
confidence, this comes to mid:
1-Set the swap drive type to temporary.
2-Reboot.
3-In file manager | View | By File Type | Name is *.* and check *all* the
options including Show Hidden and System Files.
4- In File Manager: In the root of the C:\ drive look for the hidden system
file named: 386SPART.PAR and delete it. If it won't delete, select the file
and go to File | Properties and *uncheck* all the options. Then delete the
.PAR file. If it ain't on the C drive in the root you should use File
Manager File|Search to search for it or duplicates. Delete them all.
5-Go back to View and set the files types not to include the Hidden/Sys
6- Quit Win
7-Buy OS2 (HaHaHa) If you have WIN95 on this PC, you may have to run the
WIN95 defrag and scandisk....
From the MS-DOS prompt run:
C:\>scandisk C: /nosummary /autofix /nosave /surface
then
C:\>defrag C: /F /SN /B
8-The PC *should* have come up in Windows.
9-Change the Swap Drive / Virtual Memory to Premenent.
Give it a shot.
Douglass M.Porter <dpor...@flash.net> wrote in article
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Howard Harris
>Could someone tell me how to delete a corrupt permanent swap file in
>Win. 3.11? At Windows boot I get a Corrupt Swap File Warning that asks
>if I want to delete the corrupt file, but answering "Y" doesn't do the
>trick.
>I've tried setting file size to 0 in system.ini, but that doesn't work.
>Any other ideas?
>
>I have a mystery disk "H" ("C", "A", "B", then "H"), which carries a lot
>of bytoes and I suspect is the swap file. What if I just wipe that out?
>
>Is re-installing Windows an option?
>
>All assistance greatly appreciated.
>
Have you tried going to control panel/ 386 enhanced/ virtual memory and
removing it from there?
Howard
Jerry Lippey/MVP
Douglas, your mystery disk is apparently the Host for a compressed drive
(C). If you attempt to place your swap file on a compressed drive, you
will get that corrupt-swap-file message. You should go to Control Panel,
386 Enhanced, Virtual Memory, Change and set up the swap file on a
non-compressed drive.
If you continue to have difficulty with the corrupt-swap-file message,
it's best to remove the swap file and start all over again. Here's how
to remove a recalcitrant permanent swap file. If you can, go to Control
Panel and set the swap file to "none." Then open SYSTEM.INI in a text
editor and, if you find them, remove the lines
PermSwapDOSDrive=<drive-letter> and PermSwapSizeK=<kilobytes> from the
[386Enh] section. In DOS, without Windows running, CD to the root (CD\)
and key DELTREE 386SPART.PAR. CD to the Windows directory and key DEL
SPART.PAR. Now try to set your permanent swap file again.
-Jerry
Douglass M.Porter wrote:
>
> Could someone tell me how to delete a corrupt permanent swap file in
> Win. 3.11? At Windows boot I get a Corrupt Swap File Warning that asks
> if I want to delete the corrupt file, but answering "Y" doesn't do the
> trick.
> I've tried setting file size to 0 in system.ini, but that doesn't work.
> Any other ideas?
>
> I have a mystery disk "H" ("C", "A", "B", then "H"), which carries a lot
> of bytoes and I suspect is the swap file. What if I just wipe that out?
>
> Is re-installing Windows an option?
>
> All assistance greatly appreciated.
>
> D. Porter