1.5 TB volume not indexed or even shown in Everything

[mhguda]

Hi,
I've used Everything since it came out and did not have this problem until I upgraded to Windows 10: One of my volumes is not shown in Everything. It's a big volume, the second partition on a 2 TB drive, and I have a lot of stuff there, but Everything never finds it. It does correctly monitor all my other, smaller drives. Am I doing something wrong?

[void]

Is the volume listed in Everything under Tools -> Options -> NTFS?
Is Include in database checked for this volume above?

[NotNull]

There is a little information here to go on, but is this volume formatted as FAT32? In that case you have to use Folder Indexing (Tools > Options > Indexes > Folders)

(or convert this volume to NTFS)

[mhguda]

Yes the volume is listed in the Options volumes list.
Yes it uses NTFS.
I am not sure what is meant by is it include in the database? I have selected it for indexing.
There is about 300GB of data on the drive, about the same as my system drive, which does get indexed (and is a volume on the same physical disk).

[void]

NTFS indexes use the Master File Table (MFT) to find files, your MFT could be corrupt.
Windows Explorer and Folder indexes do not use the MFT, instead they use folder directories, which may still be intact.

Please make a backup of anything important on your external drive and check it for errors:

• In Windows Explorer, right click your external drive and click Properties.
• Click the Tools tab.
• Click Check now....
• Click Start.
  If prompted to schedule a scan after a restart, click Yes and restart.

To check if Everything has found corrupt MFT entries:

• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /debug
• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Indexes tab.
• Click Force rebuild.
• After reindexing, check the debug console for the following line in yellow text:
  removed x orphaned files in y seconds

If there are a large number of orphaned files you may have an issue with your MFT.

[salazor]

This may help you - on the NTFS tab, select "include in database" and then on the Indexes tab click "Force Rebuild" button.

[mhguda]

Thank you - this worked. I did the debug and found so many errors I did not even wait for it to finish. I did the force rebuild, and I now see my drive show up in the index. I will do a more thorough check afterwards, but thank you! this has really solved the problem of the volume not showing up in the index...