How do you search on shared drive?


  1. Ayubjon
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    Windows 7 Enterprise 32bit
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    How do you search on shared drive?


    In a small office (about 50 staff members) we have a shared drive on Windows Server 2008 R2. The file server is virtual machine on Hyper-V. The shared drive is mapped to every users account. And the data on that drive gets more and more. And now my goal is to organize a search on that drive. So how can I do that? Will Google Desktop installed in every user’s computer solve the problem? Or is there any other (better) ways to search on shared drive?

    Thank you, in advance.
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  3. 2xg
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    Win7 & Win8 64bit
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    Hello,

    I use these command lines, they should work in all OS/es including Servers. It will create a dump file in your Notepad, I'd use the search tool to find the file easily.
    net use > shared_drives.txt
    net use > mapped_drives.txt

    Is this what you wanted to accomplish?
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  4. sdowney717
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    supposedly neosearch can do this
    neoSearch - CNET Download.com
    Index & Search Shared Folders In Network [Windows 7]
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