WinPE Pagefile problem

[Duckfather]

Hi all

I have a WinPE based (not BartPE) installation system for Windows XP running from a DVD. The WinPE was built from Windows XP SP2 (don't know exactly what version that makes it).

On a HP Compaq nx8220 laptop (and many other IDE machines) it boots fine.

However, on a SATA box, namely an nc6400 laptop, it boots fine (I've added the SATA drivers to WinPE manually), detects the drive, and then decides to create a pagefile on it! This kills my build, as I then can't blow away the drive as the pagefile for the WinPE boot is now on it

As far as I'm aware, WinPE is supposed to make a pagefile if it has low memory (this laptop has 512MB of RAM)

Recap :-

system1

laptop : nx8220

memory : 128MB

disk type : IDE

NO PAGEFILE

system2

laptop : nc6400

memory : 512MB

disk type : SATA

PAGEFILE CREATED

I found a similar post from August, but the thread tapers off with no fix (link to similar post)

Anyone any ideas? I'm stuffed if I can't get this working

Thanks in advance

Andy