Microsoft® Windows® XP Inside Out, 2nd Edition

Chapter 17. Managing and Finding Files

• Seven Principles of Effective File Management

• Using Tools for File Management

• Locating Files with Search Companion

• Using Indexing Service and Query Language

• Submitting Index Queries

• Administering Indexing Service

Not long ago, when hard disk capacity was still measured in megabytes, the most serious file management problem facing the typical computer user was how to keep from running out of disk space. Now that disks offering tens and even hundreds of gigabytes are commonplace (and operating systems consume nearly a gigabyte), different issues have come to the fore. Although it might still be true that there's no such thing as a large enough hard disk, for most users, running out of space is a significantly smaller ...