Windows 10: Windows 10 file explorer search on external hard drive not working

I too am trying to perform a search of both internal and external drives and would like to specify the size of the resultant files.I have seen in various how-to articles where a search parameter box opens to the right of the screen.When I access THIS PC, the drives are shown.However, no SEARCH bar is visible.I have changed the INDEXING of both the internal and external drives per previous response to this issue.SEARCH bar is still NOT visible.Please advise.

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External Hard Drive

Hi John,

We suggest that you try the troubleshooting steps below:

• Open your External Hard Drive file in File Explorer.
• Type the name of the file you want to search on the search box and click Enter.

The file will show up in Search Results and you will be able to move it to the correct folder.

Let us know if you need further help.

 

Windows 10 file explorer search on external hard drive not working

Hello,

I'm having trouble searching for files on my external hard drive using windows 10 file explorer. The search bar works and shows results for documents on my PC but searching on my hard drive comes up with "no items match your search".

I have tried things like restarting file explorer, making sure windows search service is enabled and rebuilding the search index but these haven't worked.

Any help would be very appreciated. Thank you!

 

saving and viewing files on an external hard drive

Hi Sam,

We appreciate you for being part of Windows 10.

Yes, you may format the external hard drive. Follow the below steps.

• 
  Connect the external hard drive to Windows 10 computer.
  
• 
  Press Windows + E keys on the keyboard to the keyboard to open the file explorer.
  
• 
  Locate the external hard drive on left navigation pane in File explorer.
  
• 
  Right click on the external hard drive and click on
  Format.
  
• 
  Click Start and follow on screen instructions to format the hard drive.
  

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

Thank you.