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16-05-2011, 12:26 PM
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Rising Sun!
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Unusual Search
 Each time I enter a word or phrase to find in the start menu bar, i see those words are searched on in C(Windows) drive, More often i will find for the files in the e drive(my personal drive), but unfortunately the search is confined to only C drive.
I am using Windows 7 OS.
May i get any solution for this!
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16-05-2011, 12:54 PM
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Stuck in Time...
Join Date: May 2009
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Re: Unusual Search
That is some unusual problem!
Is indexing enabled in the E: drive? To check right click E: drive and select properties. Then look for a check mark in front of, "Allow indexing...".
Also, if you search a lot, it would makes sense, to use a freeware utility called, "Everything", that once scanned, can search for any term in the file-names, near instantaneously.
You can download Everything tool from Everything Search Engine
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16-05-2011, 01:08 PM
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Rising Sun!
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Re: Unusual Search
>>vineet369
I downloaded the the app. from the site, its pretty good. I can locate almost any file in the the hard drive, but still windows has that feature by default.
Why use another application?
Time being, i'll use it. Lets see can i debug it in future! 
Last edited by buddyram; 16-05-2011 at 01:17 PM.
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16-05-2011, 01:25 PM
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Stuck in Time...
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Re: Unusual Search
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Originally Posted by buddyram
Why use another application?
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Well, duh! Since it's Waayyyy fast then Windows default search service! 
And, also since, you said yourself, that you think, its not searching E: drive!
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Marty: Hey, Doc, we better back up. We don't have enough road to get up to 88.
Doc Brown: Roads? Where we're going, we don't need, "roads!" :)
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16-05-2011, 06:42 PM
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Re: Unusual Search
you need just 2 tools for windows:
launchy <- search and run programs quickly
everything <- literally search everything. it shows all the relevant results within 2 seconds, even on my 1 tb disk, which has 4 partitions
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16-05-2011, 07:10 PM
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Rising Sun!
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Re: Unusual Search
Yes folks! Everything has 'everything'!
Its really very fast!!
Last edited by buddyram; 16-05-2011 at 07:17 PM.
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16-05-2011, 07:37 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Lucknow
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Re: Unusual Search
Use " Find & Run Robot" and add it to quick launch. Great alternative to Windows search in start menu.
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16-05-2011, 11:15 PM
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Living to Play
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Re: Unusual Search
Well I started using Everything and its good although I don't search a lot but whenever I do it used to take long time because of that damn 2TB+320GB HDDs. but now its cool. 
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16-05-2011, 11:23 PM
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Stuck in Time...
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Re: Unusual Search
Looks like, Everything have made Everybody happy by letting them search Anything! 
Pun intended.
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Doc Brown: Roads? Where we're going, we don't need, "roads!" :)
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16-05-2011, 11:26 PM
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Living to Play
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Re: Unusual Search
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Originally Posted by vineet369
Looks like, Everything have made Everybody happy by letting them search Anything!
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Yeah most likely. Thanks for software suggestion though.
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17-05-2011, 05:41 AM
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Re: Unusual Search
I use everything for searching files and Find and run robot for searching programs.
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17-05-2011, 09:20 AM
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Stuck in Time...
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Re: Unusual Search
^^ Will have to try Find and Run Robot (FARR), once I reach home today evening. Sounds good.
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Marty: Hey, Doc, we better back up. We don't have enough road to get up to 88.
Doc Brown: Roads? Where we're going, we don't need, "roads!" :)
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