Pardon my ignorance, but I come from the GUI-challenged world ...
If I want to find a directory in Linux Land, I open a command prompt and type
find /root_directory_to_search -type d -name directory_I_want_to_find
Under Windows 7, if I click the Start button and then type the name of the directory I want to find in the Search text field, it is never found, even though I can see it on the hard drive.
What's up with that?
I've given up on using Windows searching because I didn't want to deal with its learning curve. I use a third party tool.
But have you tried searching through the search box at the upper right of all Explorer windows, where you can choose the drive to be searched?
I found Windows 7 built-in search function less than satisfactory. I use "Agent Ransack" by Mithicsoft which is a free utility and much better in MHO.
It can be downloaded at;
Agent Ransack - Free File Searching Utility
HTH
Well, you could always open a command line and go like "dir <name> /ad /s/b"... not entirely sure about Search but it could be related to which folders are included in the search index by default (you can modify this in search's Indexing Options).
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