how to manually index?

i know its already on in the background but its slow cause of user activity.
is there anyway i can manully start indexing when i can afford to leave my
system idle.

I don't know about doing that, but I turned indexing off on all my drives
since I almost never search for things using search anyway - I always just
open the folder I need and pull up the file. if you don't use search, there
is no reason I see for leaving indexing on. And from what I understand,
indexing just speeds up searching anyway - doesn't disable it.

Lori

"Neerav" <> wrote in message
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> i know its already on in the background but its slow cause of user
> activity. is there anyway i can manully start indexing when i can afford
> to leave my system idle.

If you leave your PC for a couple days to index the drive, the performance
will eventually get back to normal. I would leave it on to be honest with
you.
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"Neerav" <> wrote in message
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>i know its already on in the background but its slow cause of user
>activity. is there anyway i can manully start indexing when i can afford to
>leave my system idle.

"couple of days"
was that satire?

Neerav

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
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> If you leave your PC for a couple days to index the drive, the performance
> will eventually get back to normal. I would leave it on to be honest with
> you.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Neerav" <> wrote in message
> news:3C134636-7692-4EBB-B412-...
>>i know its already on in the background but its slow cause of user
>>activity. is there anyway i can manully start indexing when i can afford
>>to leave my system idle.
>
>

Well, you have to understand, if you have thousands of files, it will not
index everything in the blink of an eye.
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"Neerav" <> wrote in message
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> "couple of days"
> was that satire?
>
> Neerav
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> If you leave your PC for a couple days to index the drive, the
>> performance will eventually get back to normal. I would leave it on to be
>> honest with you.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "Neerav" <> wrote in message
>> news:3C134636-7692-4EBB-B412-...
>>>i know its already on in the background but its slow cause of user
>>>activity. is there anyway i can manully start indexing when i can afford
>>>to leave my system idle.
>>
>>
>

"Neerav" <> wrote in message
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> "couple of days"
> was that satire?
>


It should be 'satire' for 'no more than half an hour'.

The view that it takes a 'couple of days' is an uncorrected fallacy that's
been perpertrating this group since its outset.

--
Jon

offcourse not. i said i'm ready to leave my computer idle for sometime. say
like an hour.

Neerav

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
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> Well, you have to understand, if you have thousands of files, it will not
> index everything in the blink of an eye.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Neerav" <> wrote in message
> news:77815EC1-2880-4C11-8D18-...
>> "couple of days"
>> was that satire?
>>
>> Neerav
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> If you leave your PC for a couple days to index the drive, the
>>> performance will eventually get back to normal. I would leave it on to
>>> be honest with you.
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>>> "Neerav" <> wrote in message
>>> news:3C134636-7692-4EBB-B412-...
>>>>i know its already on in the background but its slow cause of user
>>>>activity. is there anyway i can manully start indexing when i can afford
>>>>to leave my system idle.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

It is also my understanding, perhaps incorrect, that you can selectively
choose the file extensions you want to be indexed, you can exclude full text
search which will accelerate indexing by a few orders of magnitude and even
exclude folders you do not need.

Am I correct?

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
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> Well, you have to understand, if you have thousands of files, it will not
> index everything in the blink of an eye.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Neerav" <> wrote in message
> news:77815EC1-2880-4C11-8D18-...
>> "couple of days"
>> was that satire?
>>
>> Neerav
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> If you leave your PC for a couple days to index the drive, the
>>> performance will eventually get back to normal. I would leave it on to
>>> be honest with you.
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>>> "Neerav" <> wrote in message
>>> news:3C134636-7692-4EBB-B412-...
>>>>i know its already on in the background but its slow cause of user
>>>>activity. is there anyway i can manully start indexing when i can afford
>>>>to leave my system idle.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Neerav wrote:

> i know its already on in the background but its slow cause of user
> activity. is there anyway i can manully start indexing when i can afford
> to leave my system idle.

Sure. Go and buy some index cards and have at it. Oh yeh, buy a dozen Bics
as well. Hopefully your system will idle long enough to let you finish and
by then, hopefully, Vista will be just a distant bad memory of Microsoft's
attempts at creating an "operating system".

Cheers.

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