How to Exclude back up External Hard Drive from search

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jamessmith260996
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How to Exclude back up External Hard Drive from search

Post by jamessmith260996 »

Everything is hanging up trying to index my backup drive. I don't want it indexed. How do I do this. I just want my c: drive indexed for files and folders.
Thanks for your assitance.
void
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Re: How to Exclude back up External Hard Drive from search

Post by void »

To have Everything index only your C: drive:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the NTFS tab on the left.
  • Uncheck Automatically index fixed NTFS volumes.
  • Uncheck Automatically index removable NTFS volumes.
  • Select your D: drive (where D: is your backup drive) and uncheck Include in database.
  • Click OK.
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