How to Choose Which Drives to Index in Windows Vista

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Summary: Have Windows Vista? Does it access your hard drive more often and for longer than you like, for reasons you can't explain? Does your computer index files you don't want searched through your searching tool (such as backups)? This video will teach you how to set Windows Vista to index only files and drives you want it to index.

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Step 1

In Windows Vista, click Start, then Control Panel.
Step 2

Double-click Indexing Options.
Step 3

Click Modify.
Step 4

Select drives and folders you want to index.
Deselect drives and folders you don't want to index.
Step 5

Click OK.
Click Close.

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draik said

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on 11/10/2008 I'm a Linux user for many reasons. One of them being Windows' tendencies for overusing resources. Great article on cutting it down a bit.