Indexing

[Errold32]

Maybe I don't how indexing works but, to my understanding, it builds an
index, when first started, of all the files in the assigned places. That part
is fine. What annoys me is that it seems to rebuild this index perodically,
causing excessive hard drive activity. Does it modify the index when an
individual file is created, moved, or deleted? If so, why the periodic
reindexing? I have a laptop, and excessive hard drive activity annoys me and
drains my battery.

Thanks.

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[Peter in New Zealand]

Maybe I don't how indexing works but, to my understanding, it builds an
index, when first started, of all the files in the assigned places. That
part
is fine. What annoys me is that it seems to rebuild this index
perodically,
causing excessive hard drive activity. Does it modify the index when an
individual file is created, moved, or deleted? If so, why the periodic
reindexing? I have a laptop, and excessive hard drive activity annoys me
and
drains my battery.

Well I have Vista Home premium on a home built desktop, and recently got fed
up with the HDD activity when updating indexing. Can't tell you for sure
what exactly triggers it, but I turned indexing off on all drives. Results?
Well, occasiionally a search takes a little longer, and I use the time to
stretch or make a cuppa. I don't mind that. But the HDD is sure quieter. As
a bonus the machine is more responsive too. Might be worth trying,
especially on a laptop. If you find that you end up preferring it on just
turn indexing back on again. Hope this helps.