Need a Search Folder for "selected hard drives", not "all" hard dr

G

Guest

There is a "folder" in my system that is used by "Search".
It contains "all" 10 of my hard drives, i.e. "
C:;D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;I:;J:;M:;N: "
How can I make another "folder" for Search that has just the " D:;E:;M: "
drives,
or the " C:;H:;I:;N: " drives ?
 
G

Guest

dear patcooke
OK, I will elaborate to better describe what I want. Here are the facts.

a. My system has 10 hard drives, lettered C:;D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;I:;J:;M:;N:

b. The XP Search function gives me these optional places to """Look in"""
1. Local Hard Drives C:;D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;I:;J:;M:;N:
2. My Documents
3. Shared Documents
4. 3 1/2" Floppy A:
5. HIT80GB-C (C:)
6. HIT80GB-D (D:)
7. HIT80GB-E (E:)
8. HIT80GB-F (F:)
9. HIT80GB-G (G:)
10. HIT80GB-H (H:)
11. HIT80GB-I (I:)
12. HIT80GB-J (J:)
13. DVD-RW Drive (K:)
14. CD-Drive (L:)
15. M-XCAT80G-M (M:)
16. N-VID60GB-N (N:)

With these options I can seach any individual hard drive,
or I can search -all- hard drives.

I want to search more than one, but not all, hard drives.

I want to be able to create a "folder" of drives.
It will be like the "Local Hard Drives C:;D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;I:;J:;M:;N:",
but it will have, for example, "Local Hard Drives F:;I:;M:;N:"

How do I create a search list "folder" for Search that has
"Local Hard Drives F:;I:;M:;N:", or
"Local Hard Drives E:;H:;J", or
"Local Hard Drives D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;N:"
so that I can search more than one, but not all, hard drives ? ? ?

Thanks patcooke !
 
G

Guest

Let me be perfectly clear here. Ib think that you still don't understand my
question.

Now,
in the Windows Explorer "Search Companion" Explorer Bar on the left side of
gthe Explorer window, there IS A LIST of THESE ITEMS -

----------------------------------------------------
Search by any or all of the criteria below
----------------------------------------------------

A word or phrase in the file:
---------------------------------

---------------------------------

Look in: ( does have a pull down list which
lists these sixteen (16) items)
---------------------------------

1. Local Hard Drives C:;D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;I:;J:;M:;N:
2. My Documents
3. Shared Documents
4. 3 1/2" Floppy A:
5. HIT80GB-C (C:)
6. HIT80GB-D (D:)
7. HIT80GB-E (E:)
8. HIT80GB-F (F:)
9. HIT80GB-G (G:)
10. HIT80GB-H (H:)
11. HIT80GB-I (I:)
12. HIT80GB-J (J:)
13. DVD-RW Drive (K:)
14. CD-Drive (L:)
15. M-XCAT80G-M (M:)
16. N-VID60GB-N (N:)

Now, please read this next sentence S L O W L Y so that I can get my
question across to you.

With these given sixteen (16) options I can seach ANY ONE SINGLE (1)
INDIVIDUAL HARD DRIVE

OR,

I can search -ALL- LOCAL HARD DRIVES C:;D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;I:;J:;M:;N:

BUT, BUT, I want to search MORE THAN ONE, BUT NOT ALL, hard drives.
=====================
I want to be able to create a "list" of drives.
It will be like the "Local Hard Drives C:;D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;I:;J:;M:;N:",
but it will have, for example, "Local Hard Drives F:;I:;M:;N:"

How do I create a search list "list" for Search that has
"Local Hard Drives F:;I:;M:;N:", OR
"Local Hard Drives E:;H:;J:" OR
"Local Hard Drives D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;N:"
so that I can SEARCH MORE THAN ONE BUT NOT ALL HARD DRIVES ? ? ?

THAT's MY QUESTION
 
J

jameshanley39

Let me be perfectly clear here. Ib think that you still don't understand my
question.

Now,
in the Windows Explorer "Search Companion" Explorer Bar on the left side of
gthe Explorer window, there IS A LIST of THESE ITEMS -

----------------------------------------------------
Search by any or all of the criteria below
----------------------------------------------------

A word or phrase in the file:
---------------------------------

---------------------------------

Look in: ( does have a pull down list which
lists these sixteen (16) items)
---------------------------------

1. Local Hard Drives C:;D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;I:;J:;M:;N:
2. My Documents
3. Shared Documents
4. 3 1/2" Floppy A:
5. HIT80GB-C (C:)
6. HIT80GB-D (D:)
7. HIT80GB-E (E:)
8. HIT80GB-F (F:)
9. HIT80GB-G (G:)
10. HIT80GB-H (H:)
11. HIT80GB-I (I:)
12. HIT80GB-J (J:)
13. DVD-RW Drive (K:)
14. CD-Drive (L:)
15. M-XCAT80G-M (M:)
16. N-VID60GB-N (N:)

Now, please read this next sentence S L O W L Y so that I can get my
question across to you.

With these given sixteen (16) options I can seach ANY ONE SINGLE (1)
INDIVIDUAL HARD DRIVE

OR,

I can search -ALL- LOCAL HARD DRIVES C:;D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;I:;J:;M:;N:

BUT, BUT, I want to search MORE THAN ONE, BUT NOT ALL, hard drives.
=====================
I want to be able to create a "list" of drives.
It will be like the "Local Hard Drives C:;D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;I:;J:;M:;N:",
but it will have, for example, "Local Hard Drives F:;I:;M:;N:"

How do I create a search list "list" for Search that has
"Local Hard Drives F:;I:;M:;N:", OR
"Local Hard Drives E:;H:;J:" OR
"Local Hard Drives D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;N:"
so that I can SEARCH MORE THAN ONE BUT NOT ALL HARD DRIVES ? ? ?

THAT's MY QUESTION
---------------------------------------------------------------------------­--------------
Click to expand...

Maybe Windows Search or windows explorer can't do it. Perhaps Agent
Ransack can. Try alt.comp.freeware
I googled for search multiple drives, and found this
http://www.qweas.com/download/system/disk_tools/filehunter.htm
I haven't tried it
 
J

jameshanley39

I think I understand your question, I think you don't understand my
reply! :D

Not sure if you can put pics in this forum - I'll try:
Click to expand...

it's a newsgroup.not a forum.

you can put pics on the imageshack website and link to them.
1. Goto "start" and "search".

2. Select "advanced search".

3. Where it says "location", pull down the list and the very last
entry says "Choose search locations" - select that.
Click to expand...

<snip>

what OS are you using?! Vista?

In win xp the list of locations ends in 'browse'. The option you speak
of isn't there.

This is windows xp
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/7534/srchuo8.jpg


A google of
windows "Choose search locations"
comes up with links for windows vista.

This is a win xp newsgroup. microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
 
G

Guest

In reference to my first reply to you, I wrote
"""""
a. My system has 10 hard drives, lettered C:;D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;I:;J:;M:;N:

b. The XP Search function gives me these optional places to """Look in"""
1. Local Hard Drives C:;D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;I:;J:;M:;N:
2. My Documents
3. Shared Documents
4. 3 1/2" Floppy A:
5. HIT80GB-C (C:)
6. HIT80GB-D (D:)
7. HIT80GB-E (E:)
8. HIT80GB-F (F:)
9. HIT80GB-G (G:)
10. HIT80GB-H (H:)
11. HIT80GB-I (I:)
12. HIT80GB-J (J:)
13. DVD-RW Drive (K:)
14. CD-Drive (L:)
15. M-XCAT80G-M (M:)
16. N-VID60GB-N (N:)
"""""

But I forgot to include the last item in the Search list which would be item
17 which is
"""""
browse...
"""""

I have never seen any option in my Windows XP Pro with SP2 and all updates
system that says "Choose search locations".

Please tell me how to add the "Choose Search Locations" to my Windows XP Pro
Search system
Thanks !
 

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