Disk Indexing

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I have XP Pro SP2 :

When I search for files in Windows Explorer, I go to the search window. I
happen to click on change preferences and saw an option "With or Without
Indexing". I also noticed when I right click on the hard drive (C) and go
to properties there is an option on the General Tab to turn on/off Indexing
there also. My question is this: All this time I had the "C" drive
properties Indexing "On", but the search preferences was off. To have
Indexing work properly does both need to be turned on??? Are these one in
the same?

MarkC
 
Thanks for all the URLs on Indexing, a wealth of information. Although I
went to each site and read the information, I could have overlooked it. I
did not find any info if the Disk Properties General Tab Indexing is related
in some way to the search Indexing??? Great information learned a lot.
Mark
 
Mark,

[[Indexing Service is an optional operating system component. Initial
indexing of file system contents can be resource intensive and can affect
desktop application performance. Therefore, Indexing Service is not enabled
by default.]]

Disk Properties
Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching
[[Specifies that the contents of the drive be indexed, which improves the
speed of your searches. Indexing enables you to search for information such
as text in the document, or properties, such as creation date, of the
document.
The entire contents of the drive are not indexed unless you elect to index
files and subfolders when prompted.]]

Most folks want to disable the Indexing Service.

Start | Run | Type or paste: C:\WINDOWS\Help\is.chm | OK |
 
Since I been using it for the past week, I can hear the hard drive churning
more often now, and noticed starting up the computer takes a little longer.
I may try this for another week if I don't use it that much then I will turn
it off. To turn it off, I will need to turn both locations off, correct?
Uncheck the Indexing at the disk properties and change the search preference
to not use Indexing...

Mark


Wesley Vogel said:
Mark,

[[Indexing Service is an optional operating system component. Initial
indexing of file system contents can be resource intensive and can affect
desktop application performance. Therefore, Indexing Service is not
enabled
by default.]]

Disk Properties
Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching
[[Specifies that the contents of the drive be indexed, which improves the
speed of your searches. Indexing enables you to search for information
such
as text in the document, or properties, such as creation date, of the
document.
The entire contents of the drive are not indexed unless you elect to index
files and subfolders when prompted.]]

Most folks want to disable the Indexing Service.

Start | Run | Type or paste: C:\WINDOWS\Help\is.chm | OK |

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In
MarkC said:
Thanks for all the URLs on Indexing, a wealth of information.
Although I went to each site and read the information, I could have
overlooked it. I did not find any info if the Disk Properties
General Tab Indexing is related in some way to the search Indexing???
Great information learned a lot. Mark
 
Mark,

For your reference.

Before disabling the Indexing Service, uninstall it via the Add or Remove
Programs Control Panel applet.

Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs |
Add/Remove Windows Components button on left hand side|
Scroll down to and UNCheck: Indexing Service | Finish |
Close Add or Remove Programs

Turn off the Indexing Service.

Start | Run | Type: services.msc | OK |
Scroll down to and double click: Indexing Service |
Click the Stop button | In the Startup Type field,
select Disabled | Apply | OK
After you restart your machine it will stay disabled.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In
MarkC said:
Since I been using it for the past week, I can hear the hard drive
churning more often now, and noticed starting up the computer takes a
little longer. I may try this for another week if I don't use it that
much then I will turn it off. To turn it off, I will need to turn
both locations off, correct? Uncheck the Indexing at the disk
properties and change the search preference to not use Indexing...

Mark


Wesley Vogel said:
Mark,

[[Indexing Service is an optional operating system component. Initial
indexing of file system contents can be resource intensive and can
affect desktop application performance. Therefore, Indexing Service
is not enabled
by default.]]

Disk Properties
Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching
[[Specifies that the contents of the drive be indexed, which
improves the speed of your searches. Indexing enables you to search
for information such
as text in the document, or properties, such as creation date, of the
document.
The entire contents of the drive are not indexed unless you elect to
index files and subfolders when prompted.]]

Most folks want to disable the Indexing Service.

Start | Run | Type or paste: C:\WINDOWS\Help\is.chm | OK |

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In
MarkC said:
Thanks for all the URLs on Indexing, a wealth of information.
Although I went to each site and read the information, I could have
overlooked it. I did not find any info if the Disk Properties
General Tab Indexing is related in some way to the search
Indexing??? Great information learned a lot. Mark


Indexing Service
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_gglv.asp
Using Indexing Service
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/snap_idx_srv_mgmt.mspx
Using Indexing Service
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prde_ffs_rrlj.asp
HOW TO: Create and Configure a Catalog for Indexing
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308202

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In MarkC <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I have XP Pro SP2 :

When I search for files in Windows Explorer, I go to the search
window. I happen to click on change preferences and saw an option
"With or Without Indexing". I also noticed when I right click on
the hard drive (C) and go to properties there is an option on the
General Tab to turn on/off Indexing there also. My question is
this: All this time I had the "C" drive properties Indexing "On",
but the search preferences was off. To have Indexing work
properly does both need to be turned on??? Are these one in the
same?

MarkC
 
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