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How can I reindex an external hard drive so it searches correctly?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1910835" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Unless it’s changed; "Go to System Preferences>Spotlight and select Privacy. Drag the hard drive icon into the Privacy pane and drop it there. Then, select it and click - to remove it from Privacy. Within a few moments, Spotlight will commence re-indexing the drive."</p><p>what this does is tell Spotlight not to search that EHD then removing it asks it to search it. This usually results in a new scan of the drive which should fix your problem. It might take a while to complete dependent on the quantity of data.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1910835, member: 204485"] Unless it’s changed; "Go to System Preferences>Spotlight and select Privacy. Drag the hard drive icon into the Privacy pane and drop it there. Then, select it and click - to remove it from Privacy. Within a few moments, Spotlight will commence re-indexing the drive." what this does is tell Spotlight not to search that EHD then removing it asks it to search it. This usually results in a new scan of the drive which should fix your problem. It might take a while to complete dependent on the quantity of data. [/QUOTE]
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