Search function displays no results, harddrive error?

[MrHarry]

Hi.

This laptop is only about 6 months old so I'm surprised to see this issue. I've found that if I go to search anything, it won't load. Icons also have an issue loading. I think this is best to describe in some images:

Whatever I search, it won't load. I'll be sat here for literally 10 minutes - nothing.

This screen is also incredibly delayed.

This has only started to happen recently; I have no idea why, anyone have any idea? It's setting me back massively. Oh, and - say if I was searching for Chrome, it won't load. But if I go into my downloads and scroll down the list and open it, it'll work. Very weird.

 

[whs]

This is not the Windows 8.1 start screen. Try that. If you install questionable tweaks, you should expect problems.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
Unfortunately this is not EightForums either
Please ask on it instead,
Windows 8 Forums

 

[Slartybart]

Take a look at your indexing options in Control Panel and if there are a lot of locations, trim it down
See: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/17854-index-locations-add-remove.html

Then try these steps:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/581-libraries-restore-default.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/17880-index-rebuild.html

 

[PSCO2007]

A very simple program that will display results on everything on your computer.

I've got 5 hdds and the process takes seconds.

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