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Old 04-13-09, 02:26 PM   #1
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Hi,

I was having some problem with my C drive so i selected " I " to install a fresh copy of windows. Till date, i didn't install Nero. Today when i tried my I drive does not seems to enough space. so i tried to install Nero in C, but the problem is that i extracts files to I before it is installed to C. And this makes me unable to install Nero. I tried, but found no option to change the extracting directory.

My drive details

Total size : 4.86 GB

Available space : 202 MB

I use Nero 7.5, there is a file called pagefile.sys (1.03 GB) in I, and is stated as system file and hidden. What does it do?

Please tell me how to solve this problem.

Thanks in advance
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Old 04-13-09, 02:40 PM   #2
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Can you pls be more clear about your problem ??

Is your nero installation folder zipped/compressed ??

If so what software are you trying to use to uncompress it ?? WINRAR ? WINZIP? 7ZIP?

just burn the extracted files to a disc

and use it to install

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Not promising this won't have unwanted side effects...it might be better to just
designate your install locations manually. But here it goes...

Go to Run.
Type: regedit

Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion





On the right side, find the string called ProgramFilesDir and modify it to the desired
path...

Perform install of Nero!

P.S.- Take backup of your registry before modifying it!
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Can you pls be more clear about your problem ??

Is your nero installation folder zipped/compressed ??

If so what software are you trying to use to uncompress it ?? WINRAR ? WINZIP? 7ZIP?

just burn the extracted files to a disc

and use it to install
I have Nero as setup file in G, and it is compressed by Nero, not as rar or zip.
When the installation starts, it extracts all the file to I. Hope it is clear now.

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thanks for the info. Will try and let you know
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Hi,

I was having some problem with my C drive so i selected " I " to install a fresh copy of windows. Till date, i didn't install Nero. Today when i tried my I drive does not seems to enough space. so i tried to install Nero in C, but the problem is that i extracts files to I before it is installed to C. And this makes me unable to install Nero. I tried, but found no option to change the extracting directory.

My drive details

Total size : 4.86 GB

Available space : 202 MB

I use Nero 7.5, there is a file called pagefile.sys (1.03 GB) in I, and is stated as system file and hidden. What does it do?

Please tell me how to solve this problem.

Thanks in advance
any way the you need the file "pagefile.sys" because its the swap file system for windows
"pagefile.sys" is used as the virtual memory.
If you have plenty of ram(in xp 512mb or more) you can turn off or reduce the amount

* click start
* right click my computer
* click properties
* click advanced (tab)
* under performance click settings
* click advanced (tab) under virtual memory click change

here you can change the space available for each drive by choosing the custom button then entering the amount you want
or if you have lot of ram (in xp 512mb or more) choose the no paging file either way make sure to click the “set” button when you’re done.
Restart your system. your pagefile.sys (1.03 GB) will be deleted
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Try the Lite version of Nero
. U can get it Here.
Or may be you can try another CD burning software like infra recorder here
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Or even try ashampoo... it's nice too
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Old 04-17-09, 11:19 AM   #8
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pagefile.sys is not a problem file its just a virtual ram thats all
you disable that and install nero then after installing it on some other drive and clearing the temp files you can enable the pagefile if you dont have sufficient ram. If you are using hybernation then there will be another file which is of the same size as your ram you can disable that also.

Pagefile.sys

1) Right click My computer, properties
2) goto advanced, in advanced click settings of performances
3) Again in that goto advanced tab
4) At the bottom you can see virtual memory, click change
5) now click on your OS drive and click "No paging File" then click "set"

exit all if needed restart your system & that file will be gone after installing nero repeat the same steps and enable this time.

hiberfil.sys

This file is used to store all the information on your ram so it will be having the same size as your ram ex: if you have 512 ram then this file size will be 512 MB

removing it.

1) On desktop right click, properties
2) goto screensaver tab, at the bottom click "POWER" button
3) Now goto Hibernate Tab, remove the check mark at "Enable Hibernation"
4) Apply,Ok & exit all
5) now you can goto OS drive & manually delete the hiberfil.sys.

Restart If necessary

you can enable it later if you want hibernation facility

Post reply if your problem is resolved or haveing more problems
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Thanks. I wonder how i overlooked that point. I made a new xp on C drive. Left the one in I as back up.
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I'm also using XP and i use a simple but powerful tool called Page Defrag to Keep down the size and fragments of Page Files. Its completely safe and even endorsed by microsoft itself. U can Know about it and also download it here
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@meetdilip

Is your problem resolved...?
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Old 04-17-09, 07:19 PM   #12
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Yes.

Thank you.
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thats great... enjoy....!
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