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    Windows Search not searching

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by BryanL, Mar 29, 2008.

  1. BryanL

    BryanL Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys,

    I have two partitions a C:\ and a D:\ and when I do a start search through the start orb, it only searches through C:\ but not the D:\. Is this suppose to happen? How do I make it to search BOTH partitions? Thanks!
     
    BryanL, Mar 29, 2008
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  2. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    Your D:\ Should be your recovery partition in Windows, therefore it doesn't want to interfere with any of the files there. I'm not sure how to search both though.
     
    Gintoki, Mar 29, 2008
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    vinumsv MobileFreak™

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    hmm Try this Bro


    Right Click Start Menu > Properties then Select the Following options

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    vinumsv, Mar 29, 2008
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  4. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    I don't think that'll do it...

    But... try this:

    Control Panel > Sys & Maint > Indexing Options > Modify > Show all locations > Select whatever disks/directories you want to index.
     
    swarmer, Mar 29, 2008
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  5. BryanL

    BryanL Notebook Consultant

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    What do you mean it should only be used for my backup files? It's just because my C:\ is half my hard drive so I started to put programs and files in my D:\ to spread the usage. Is this not a good idea?
     
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  6. Gintoki

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    No, no. I meant that if you haven't touched it, it's used for your Windows recovery but since you're already using it i assume you have windows recovery disks available. It's perfectly fine to use it.
     
    Gintoki, Mar 29, 2008
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  7. scooberdoober

    scooberdoober Penguins FTW!

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    Windows most often likes everything in it's default locations from my experience. I'm not saying that's what's causing your problem, but who knows?
     
    scooberdoober, Mar 29, 2008
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  8. BryanL

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    Well its just that my C:\ is only like 116gb and my free space is 50gb left. My D:\ has 110 with 100gb left to use. Once I run out of space on my C:\ im thinking I will have to use my D anyways right?
     
    BryanL, Mar 29, 2008
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