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It's personal preference but I typically use filename (or part name) searches.
Windows 7 has 2 search engines (1) Indexed searching (2) A "GREP" style search.
Many people (not everyone) have problems with Windows index search (see Microsoft Answers forum for more robust discussion).
As far as I am aware:
If you search from the root eg C:\ using the top right search box you do an exhaustive grep style search. Guaranteed to find a filename but a bit slow for some.
I have disabled indexing for "Users" and search at the user or subfolder level. It's relatively quick and exhaustive.
A Word of Warning: (with reference to an earlier post in the thread) I have "Search Everything". It is VERY fast but very powerful and can give some access reserved for the hidden administrator. It needs to be carefully configured for general user use in my opinion. I wouldn't let any other user of my computer near it.
One day I might get around to trying some Registry fixes to solve my indexed searching issue. McAfee Total Protection 2010 has been recently identified as a major culprit in indexed search problems.
Last edited by mjf; 10 Oct 2010 at 18:38.