move pagefile.sys to another location

[George Valkov]

How do I tell Vista and XP to create "pagefile.sys" on another location.
For example these paths are all acceptable for me:
C:\WINDOWS\pagefile.sys
C:\System Volume Information\pagefile.sys

[Gordon]

Why on earth would you want to put the page file within either your Windows
folder or the restore folder?

[rtk]

I don't believe you can have a path for a pagefile, you can only pick which
drive it is on.

[Gordon]

Sorry it's not the system restore folder - but I think you'll find it's
inaccessible, anyway.

[forty-nine]

You can move it to another drive or partition...but either way it will be in
the root dir

[Gerry]

George

Why would you put the pagefile in the System Volume Information folder?
Why does the path concern you?

The Article in this link contains a very detailed explanation of Virtual
Memory:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

On most computers the Windows Operating System is placed on the C drive
along with the pagefile. You can however, place the page file on another
drive, or if you wish have a page file on all or some other hard drives
or partitions of a drive. To ascertain where your pagefile is located
select right click on your My Computer icon on your Desktop and select
Properties, Advanced, Performance Settings, Advanced, Virtual Memory,
Change. The first partition on a second drive is a favoured location.
Howver, you need to keep a minimum 50 mb partition on C. A dedicated
pagefile partition without other folders and files intermingled is the
best solution.

Separate pagefiles are a controversial topic so be prepared for others
to chip in with differing views.

[Kerry Brown]

I haven't tested this in Vista so make sure you have a backup before trying
this.

The following KB article outlines how to setup multiple page files in
different directories. You could modify this procedure to use whatever
directory you want.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237740

That said I think you're crazy to use a system directory.