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Windows Search returning no results
Windows Search returning no results on one of my external harddrives.
I've trawled through pages of Google's advice and I have already:
- Tried indexing the HDD and rebuilding.
- Non-indexing and rebuilding.
- Indexing only specific folders on the HDD and rebuilding.
- Specifically disabling indexing for this drive in the drive's properties.
- Checked that I have the appropriate permissions on the drive (they are identical to my other HDDs).
Crude example of my problem:
- I am looking for the following file, A:\Example\test.txt.
- I am inside the A:\Example folder.
- I search for "test", "*" or "txt".
- It says there are no results.
And it says "no results" instantly - it doesn't appear to even try.
I do not have a second drive with sufficient space to move the contents to do a format - so I'm looking for non-destructive solutions.
Based on solutions I've been proposed since posting this thread:
- Does the HDD work on another computer? Yes. While searching on that computer it says "searching non-indexed locations will be slow", as I would expect. The issue must be with my computer and not the HDD.
- Does outright disabling Windows Search in the Services do anything? Yes - I can now search the drive, but it is painfully slow.
Last edited by 3mptylord; 16 Oct 2015 at 07:26.