Obscure WIN2K File Search problem

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When I do a query for any matching files (using: Search-->Files and Folders) on my D:\ drive it takes about 10 minutes to search all the folders and never comes up with anything. Is this a problem with an indexing service? It is set to manual right now and I thought FindFast would manage to find the files I search for quite quickly. There are 3,758 files on this drive in 202 folders and taking up 9.5 GB space out of 11.2 GB total space on the partition. I don't see FindFast running in the Processes in the Task Manager. I'm not sure if all this information helps but I think it might be pertinent. What can I do to fix this?

 

[AndyHui]

FindFast only applies to Microsoft Office document files. It's slow, it's buggy, it doesn't work, it's a resource hog. Disable it in Control Panel. Delete the indexes, close and stop, then remove it from startup.

 

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Where do I go to find the indexes to delete them? Are they files or the listed Indexing service under Services? What do you mean by close and stop and how is indexing removed from startup? The option to turn it off from startup is not in the startup folder and I don't see the option anywhere near the indexing service in Services. Will this fix my problem?

 

[Strafe]

I just happened to see an article about this here. I haven't read it yet but I bet it will tell you want you're looking for.