i need to find a software that will allow me to search many files and folders on my pc with out lookin 1 by 1?

Question

the software of application i need is simple. i have several files and folders that involve people's information i need a program that will allow me to store my information and make it easy and effiecient for me to find the files and folders without having to go to through several files and folders until i find the file.

i know about all the search engines used in windows for me to use in order to open and find files what i need is somethig for ex: i have 1,000 names i want to be able to type the last few letters of that persons last name and for it to show me all the names i have that start with those letters, and so on so everytime i type a different letter or more letters it gives me all the matching names, and i need a sofware that would organize all of this.

Answer 1

Okay I know what you mean try this. http://www.download.com/File-Finder/3000-2248_4-10226772.html?tag=lst-0-3

Answer 2

It depends on what type of platform you have, if you have a windows XP you could just go to "start" then "search" on the right hand side, but if you have something else i would reccomend google desktop. (that works with XP also)

Answer 3

Just use Windows explorer and the Search function.

Answer 4

Agent Ransack is great for searching your PC. It supports regular expressions - and is approximately 1436% faster than Windows search - and it's free.

Answer 5

Google Desktop search is great! URL:http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=desktop+search&btnG=Google+Search

Answer 6

Click on your desktop and press FLAG-F

I personally use cygwin. From there a search is easy:
find /cygwin/c -exec grep -i 'searchstr in file' {} \;

or if you are looking for a filename:
find /cygwin/c -print | grep -i 'searchstr in filename'

Answer 7

desktop search is good, i hate it though it takes a while to index your hard drive

Answer 8

me too. desktop search!