Windows 10: Windows Quick Search unable to detect files on new primary hard drive, only secondary

Hello, I have recently installed a new SSD on my Windows 10 Home PC and have ran into an issue with the Quick Search option. The main problem is that the Quick Search only detects files which are located in my old hard drive which used to be the primary OS drive before I replaced it with my SSD. This has made it much more complicated for me to search for certain files such as images, videos, etc. I have not formatted my old hard drive yet but I am planning to in the future.


Any suggestions as to how to solve this issue are greatly appreciated.

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Quick search not working on secondary drives on windows 10

Hi Foxybite,

We appreciate you for being a part of Windows 10.

Before proceeding, we need more information to help you better.

• 
  What type of files you are trying to search in the search bar?
  
• 
  What do you refer to when you say secondary drives? Is it the other partition on the hard drive/external hard drive like flash drives or etc.?
  

Kindly follow the below steps and check if you are able to fix the issue.

Step 1:

You can run the Search and indexing troubleshooter
in Windows 10 and check if it helps. Follow the below steps to run Search and indexing
troubleshooter.

• 
  Press Windows + X keys on the keyboard and select
  Control Panel
  
• 
  Type Troubleshooting in the search bar on the
  Control Panel.
  
• 
  Click on View all on the left navigation pane.
  
• 
  Click on Search and indexing.
  
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  Click on Advanced on the
  Search and indexing dialog box and click on Run as administrator (Enter the credentials if required).
  
• 
  Click on Next and follow onscreen instruction complete the
  Search and indexing troubleshooter.
  

Step 2:

Try to add your secondary drive in the indexing options.

• 
  Type in the Indexing options in the start search box and click on
  Indexing options from the search bar results.
  
• 
  Click on Modify on the Indexing options window. (Enter
  
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  Check the secondary drive (which you need to fetch the results from the search box) and click on
  OK button. (If the secondary drive is not visible, click on
  Show all locations, enter the administrator credentials if prompted))
  
• 
  Now, try to search and check if you are able to fetch the results.
  

I hope the above information helps. Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with the issue. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Quick search not working on secondary drives on windows 10

"What type of files you are trying to search in the search bar?"

I'm looking for files like videos and music

What do you refer to when you say secondary drives? Is it the other partition on the hard drive/external hard drive like flash drives or etc.?

I have 3 physical drives, one SSD where my OS is located and 2 more internal hard disks.

I've tried both step 1 and step 2. The first one couldn't find any issue, while in the second step I had all the drives I need already checked (also tried to clear and create a new index). Still if I try to look for a video let's say on drive D:, nothing
shows up and I have to run a full search by clicking on "My stuff" button (or hitting enter, since I disabled the web search).

Everything worked fine on windows 8.1 so I think something happened with the update

 

Cortana search IGNORES secondary hard drives!!

Hi,

Thank you for update and reply.

I suggest you to follow the Methods below and check if that helps.

Method 1: Try to add your secondary drive in the indexing options.

• Type in the Indexing options in the start search box and click on
  Indexing options from the search bar results.
• Click on Modify on the Indexing options window. (Enter
  
• Check the secondary drive (which you need to fetch the results from the search box) and click on
  OK button. (If the secondary drive is not visible, click on
  Show all locations, enter the administrator credentials if prompted))
• Now, try to search and check if you are able to fetch the results.

If issue persists follow next Method.

Method 2: System file check is a utility built into the Operating System that will check for system file corruption the
sfc /scannow command (System File Check) scans the integrity of all protected operating system files and replaces incorrect, corrupted, changed, or damaged versions with the correct versions where possible.

I suggest you to try the steps provided, in the link below in order to run SFC scan on your computer.

System file check (SFC) Scan and Repair System Files & DISM to fix things SFC cannot

I hope the above information helps. Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with the issue. We are glad to assist you.

Thanks