Search file "how-to"

It seems to be an easy task to search file on hard disk, but let's think about possible challenges. First, the might be located inside archive or at network shared drive. Second, it might be not plain text. Third, you might need a really fast file search engine to do the search.

XP search file

Well, there is a build in search function in your operational system. But, it lacks some really important features. It can search text only in plain text file or in so-called "indexed" files. It cannot preview your search results and sometimes it doesn't find some important files.

So, how to search file?

First, consider choosing appropriate tool. If you need to find the certain text inside a certain file (for instance Word file or Acrobat PDF file), then simply use the built-in search function.

If you need to find text in plain text (usually *.txt) file - don't worry much about tools, use windows xp search file utility.

Finally, if you need to search for files over network and in archives, in you need to put a lot of search parameters, if you want to preview search results, if you what to be able to search in various file formats, then use third-party file search utility. Yours file searcher must be able to do all you need and a little more - it must be easy to use.

Get Disk Search Assistant

If you are interested in Disk Search Assistant, then you can follow one of the links below. Also, pay attention to other search tools that might be more useful for your tasks.