Does Copernic Desktop Search remove the index when I remove a removable device ?

[forfun]

Hi everybody,


First of all, I think that Copernic Desktop Search is great !
Before installing it, I used to wasting a lot of time scanning all my disk
for a forgotten file ...


My problem is the following one :

I have an USB removable hard disk : I always plug it on the same USB port
so the associated drive letter stays the same.


But what happen when Copernic see that some of the indexed files are no
longer accessible ?

Does it simply remove it ?


I hope not because indexing my 120 Go removable disk took a while !
I am waiting for your replies before unplugging my disk ...


Thanks in advance.

 

[Guysu]

Hi Forfun,

If you remove your USB hard disk and update your index, the information
on your files will be removed from the index. I suggest you note the
drive letter used by your USB hard disk when the indexing took place.
Then if you want to keep your information you could disable the update
schedule for the files (options, index update tab) and update your
index manually. Next time you want to update your index:
- Make sure to put the USB removable hard disk in your USB port.
- Make sure it uses the same drive letter as the one that was used
during the initial indexing process.
It should work.

Bye!
Guysu

 

[forfun]

@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Then if you want to keep your information you could disable the update
schedule for the files (options, index update tab) and update your
index manually.

Hi Guysu,


Thanks for your reply.

Your method works but it prevents the index from being updated (you have
to do it manually). If I forget to do it, Copernic will take a long time
(CPU + IO) for updating the index. Moreover, as a lazy computer's user,
what I want to do is not caring about Copernic when I do not need to.


In facts, it is possible to make the difference between a removed drive
and a removed file.

In the "removed file" case, the file is removed from the disk but the
drive still exists in the system.

In the "removed drive" case, the drive does not exist in the system and
it makes the difference. I think removing all the removed drive's files
from the index is not really a good issue for Copernic since it has to
rebuild it again each time the drive is reconnected.

That is why I was asking if someone knew exactly what Copernic was doing
in such a case.