Failure to start XE database - spfileXE.ora file size mismatch.

SQL> startup
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
ORA-01565: error in identifying file 'E:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\dbs/spfileXE.ora'
ORA-27046: file size is not a multiple of logical block size
OSD-04012: file size mismatch (OS 1464)
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Where is the file size set so that i can change it??
Help please.
Thanks in advance.

Maybe the file was corrupted.
Have you a backup ?
Have you still the init.ora file ? Try to restart your db with an pfile instead, then recreate a spfile.
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