same letter but different hard drive
same letter but different hard drive
Hi everyone
I have about ten hard disks that I connect, usually 2 at a time, and that always take the same letters, usually E: and F:
When I want to search for some file present on one of the connected Hard Disks, I get the results of all the Hard Disks that, over time, I have connected to that letter
Is there a way to make Everything catalog each Hard Disk in a unique way, maybe that it archives the content of each connected Hard Disk with a unique serial number (I don't know if the Hard Disks have it) or in any case a trick so that, when I connect it, it understands that it is that specific HD and not another?
I have about ten hard disks that I connect, usually 2 at a time, and that always take the same letters, usually E: and F:
When I want to search for some file present on one of the connected Hard Disks, I get the results of all the Hard Disks that, over time, I have connected to that letter
Is there a way to make Everything catalog each Hard Disk in a unique way, maybe that it archives the content of each connected Hard Disk with a unique serial number (I don't know if the Hard Disks have it) or in any case a trick so that, when I connect it, it understands that it is that specific HD and not another?
Re: same letter but different hard drive
but I use Version 1.5.0.1383a (x64).
I accidentally disabled this feature? Can you tell me which voice I should enable? Thanks
I accidentally disabled this feature? Can you tell me which voice I should enable? Thanks
Re: same letter but different hard drive
To add the Volume Index Label column:
- Right click the result list column header and click Add columns....
- Search for:
label
- Select Volume Index Label and click OK.
Re: same letter but different hard drive
Thanks but I would like the list not to show the results from the other hard disk that I had previously connected, I would like it to show only the files present in the currently connected hard disk. I see, in grey, the files that are present in the other Hard Disk and I don't want them to be shown
Re: same letter but different hard drive
Include "online:" in your search without the quotes. If you want to search your offline drives only then use offline:
Re: same letter but different hard drive
thanks but it doesn't seem like a viable solution to me
I thought there was an option to make Everything, when you connect a Hard Disk, read its label and automatically load the database of only that Hard Disk.
So, if I right-click on the drive, for example E: Everything loads only the results it has for that specific Hard Disk label, but if I search without entering a letter, the response is total and all the data from all the Hard Disks that have been loaded, currently and in the past, are loaded. This way you have complete control over your files
As someone who is ignorant in the matter it doesn't seem that difficult to me, but maybe I'm wrong
I thought there was an option to make Everything, when you connect a Hard Disk, read its label and automatically load the database of only that Hard Disk.
So, if I right-click on the drive, for example E: Everything loads only the results it has for that specific Hard Disk label, but if I search without entering a letter, the response is total and all the data from all the Hard Disks that have been loaded, currently and in the past, are loaded. This way you have complete control over your files
As someone who is ignorant in the matter it doesn't seem that difficult to me, but maybe I'm wrong
Re: same letter but different hard drive
There's no such option in Everything.I thought there was an option to make Everything, when you connect a Hard Disk, read its label and automatically load the database of only that Hard Disk.
The closest thing would be Tools -> Options -> NTFS/FAT -> Automatically add/remove volumes.
Please consider an Online filter:
- From the Search menu, click Add to filters....
- Change the Name to: Online
- Change the Search to:
!offline:
- Click OK.
Filters can be organized from Search menu -> Organize filters.
Use
!offline:
online:
online: = match files where Everything knows the file is online.
!offline: = match files where Everything knows the file is not offline or the status is unknown.
online:
offline:
Re: same letter but different hard drive
Thanks for the answer and the help... I hope that in the future it will be possible to add this function that I find very interesting, especially now that PCs can contain few Hard Disks and are increasingly used removable ones.
Thanks
Thanks
Re: same letter but different hard drive
A DIY solution for now:
@void: Maybe add !offline out of the box to the contextmenu items?
- In the Windows startmenu, find Registry Editor
- Right-click this entry
- Select Run as Administrator
- Browse to
HKCR\Directory\Background\shell\Search Everything 1.5a...\command
- In the right pane, double click (Default)
- Add the foillowing text at the end of the value:
-s !offline:
The result should now look similar to the following:Code: Select all
"C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a\Everything64.exe" -path "%V" -s !offline:
- Click the OK button
- Browse to
HKCR\Folder\shell\Search Everything 1.5a...\command
- In the right pane, double click (Default)
- Add the foillowing text at the end of the value:
-s !offline:
- Click the OK button
- Done
@void: Maybe add !offline out of the box to the contextmenu items?
Re: same letter but different hard drive
Use from the command line.
(otherwise Everything will try to find a file named !offline: )
I will consider showing online files only with -path
Ideally without the !offline: search.
Thank you for the suggestion.
-s !offline:
(otherwise Everything will try to find a file named !offline: )
I will consider showing online files only with -path
Ideally without the !offline: search.
Thank you for the suggestion.
Re: same letter but different hard drive
Thank's for your help, and, as usual, availability, something rare to find today
and thanks, of course, also to NotNull ... some solutions, for me, are a little complicated but I hope that Void will be able to insert this function, combined with the one I was asking for here,
viewtopic.php?p=70656#p70656
in this way Everything would be perfect
and thanks, of course, also to NotNull ... some solutions, for me, are a little complicated but I hope that Void will be able to insert this function, combined with the one I was asking for here,
viewtopic.php?p=70656#p70656
in this way Everything would be perfect