indexing service catalog content vanishes

[Guest]

I have set up a catalog in the indexing service for the "My Documents"
folder; it is the only catalog. When I first set it up, it indexes the
files, and the Search facility works properly (finds words within files).
After a few shutdown/startups, Search stops working (Indicates there are no
files containing the searced words), and when I use Computer Management to
check the catalog, it shows 0 documents indexed. So, somehow, it appears the
contents of the catalog are vanishing, and the only way to repair it is to do
a manual rescan, or delete the catalog and start over. Any ideas why this is
happening, and what can be done to fix it? Thanks in advance.

 

[Quaoar]

I have set up a catalog in the indexing service for the "My Documents"
folder; it is the only catalog. When I first set it up, it indexes
the files, and the Search facility works properly (finds words within
files). After a few shutdown/startups, Search stops working
(Indicates there are no files containing the searced words), and when
I use Computer Management to check the catalog, it shows 0 documents
indexed. So, somehow, it appears the contents of the catalog are
vanishing, and the only way to repair it is to do a manual rescan, or
delete the catalog and start over. Any ideas why this is happening,
and what can be done to fix it? Thanks in advance.

Indexing Service: set to Automatic Startup, then Start. Try again?

Q

 

[Guest]

Indexing service is set to Automatic Start, and the services item in
Management Console indicates it is running. I should also mention this is XP
Home Ed. with SP2.