Search "Not Responding" (and other search problem)

S

S. Walker

When I do a search in XP, one of 2 things happens:

99% of time: nothing happens - if I view Task Manager the
status of the search task is "Not Responding". The main
thing has to do with size of hard disk. It can search a
CD ok, but my HD partitions are between 1 gig and 28
gigs, and it cannot search them. It has nothing to do
with whether I'm looking for a word or phrase in the file.

1% of time: it searches. The problem here is that it
searches and searches and searches. It finds multiple
copies of the same file. It either never quits, or maybe
it searches a certain number of times, and I always stop
it before it finishes.
 
J

Jake

-----Original Message-----
When I do a search in XP, one of 2 things happens:

99% of time: nothing happens - if I view Task Manager the
status of the search task is "Not Responding". The main
thing has to do with size of hard disk. It can search a
CD ok, but my HD partitions are between 1 gig and 28
gigs, and it cannot search them. It has nothing to do
with whether I'm looking for a word or phrase in the file.

1% of time: it searches. The problem here is that it
searches and searches and searches. It finds multiple
copies of the same file. It either never quits, or maybe
it searches a certain number of times, and I always stop
it before it finishes.
.
Hi, try the following, go to below website, click "S"
and scroll down to "Search - Doesn't Work".
Windows XP from A-Z
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
 

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