personal desktop search engine ???

zeoncitizen · 08-30-2005, 04:43 AM

anybody know something that can help to index selected hard drives for affordable time and affordable summary index space that I could search over all selected drive by keyphrase etc.? I want something similar to search engine - only local version. desktop engine...

any suggestions?

don't suggest google desktop search - i tried and don't like it.

thornyone · 08-30-2005, 06:29 AM

Copernic Desktop Search or try here
http://www.goebelgroup.com/desktopmatrix.htm

Hedin · 09-14-2005, 07:51 AM

Look, I found a new program - SearchInform or something... With some unique function of document search "similar" to query. Is it like Google's "similar pages" or what? Speed of search is like twice as fast as in analogous products. I’ve tried using it - seems to be true. It searches in text files (supports a bunch of formats), archives, audio and video file tags, and mail clients (Outlook, Bat)... Have you ever heard about it or used it?

Download SearchInform
fixed link

Hedin · 10-04-2005, 09:23 AM

Copernic Desktop Search - is not bad. It can index and search documents in text formats, as well as mail, audio and video files tags and images. Copernic Desktop Search by right features the most user friendly interface. But index file is too big and process is too slow. And this tool can't search through *.chm files, for example. And there is no LAN support.

Now I’m testing SearchInform . It looks good to me… This tool has high indexing rate, small index size (15-20% of the actual size of textual information). It supports all formats of text files, (including .pdf, .html, messages from Outlook and Outlook Express, mp3 and avi tags) and correct work with archives. The most interesting feature of this program is unique searching documents with a similar content. But interface is slightly overloaded with functions.
imho – must have…

What can you say about it?

technobeast · 10-07-2005, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hedin

What can you say about it?

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Hedin · 10-09-2005, 05:17 AM

I want to find information through the dozens of document files on my hard drive and local network… I’m trying to find the fastest and the most functional program.

folks, i really want to hear your advices about this tool... or about another tool.
But, please, support your suggestions with facts.

technobeast · 10-10-2005, 11:56 PM

http://desktop.google.com/ - Google Desktop Search
http://desktop.yahoo.com/ - Yahoo Desktop Search
http://www.copernic.com/ - as thornyone says Copernic

All free

this is my major fact.

Hedin · 10-14-2005, 02:25 AM

well...
http://www.searchinform.com/download...informdesk.exe - trial

http://www.searchinform.com/download...rmdeskfree.exe - free

Hedin · 10-14-2005, 02:28 AM

...and something about GDS...
Google Desktop Search can index and search documents in text formats, as well as mail, audio and video files tags and images. To be remembered: in order to show the application which files and folders to index, you have to install an additional component gdetweak. Without this add-in Google Desktop Search will index the whole information on user computer and in the network of the enterprise that it can access. Google Desktop Search by right features the most user friendly interface. But the only way to fine tune the application is to install additional components. This is a major disadvantage. The promised search of documents with a similar content (in the Internet originally positioned as similar pages) is quite wretched.

08-30-2005, 04:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
zeoncitizen Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2	personal desktop search engine ??? anybody know something that can help to index selected hard drives for affordable time and affordable summary index space that I could search over all selected drive by keyphrase etc.? I want something similar to search engine - only local version. desktop engine... any suggestions? don't suggest google desktop search - i tried and don't like it.

09-14-2005, 07:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
Hedin Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 6	Look, I found a new program - SearchInform or something... With some unique function of document search "similar" to query. Is it like Google's "similar pages" or what? Speed of search is like twice as fast as in analogous products. I’ve tried using it - seems to be true. It searches in text files (supports a bunch of formats), archives, audio and video file tags, and mail clients (Outlook, Bat)... Have you ever heard about it or used it? Download SearchInform fixed link Last edited by Hedin; 09-16-2005 at 07:04 AM.

10-04-2005, 09:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
Hedin Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 6	Need your advice about information retrieval system. Copernic Desktop Search - is not bad. It can index and search documents in text formats, as well as mail, audio and video files tags and images. Copernic Desktop Search by right features the most user friendly interface. But index file is too big and process is too slow. And this tool can't search through *.chm files, for example. And there is no LAN support. Now I’m testing SearchInform . It looks good to me… This tool has high indexing rate, small index size (15-20% of the actual size of textual information). It supports all formats of text files, (including .pdf, .html, messages from Outlook and Outlook Express, mp3 and avi tags) and correct work with archives. The most interesting feature of this program is unique searching documents with a similar content. But interface is slightly overloaded with functions. imho – must have… What can you say about it?

10-09-2005, 05:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
Hedin Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 6	Need your advice about information retrieval system. I want to find information through the dozens of document files on my hard drive and local network… I’m trying to find the fastest and the most functional program. folks, i really want to hear your advices about this tool... or about another tool. But, please, support your suggestions with facts.

10-10-2005, 11:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
technobeast The Grim Reaper! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 2,387	http://desktop.google.com/ - Google Desktop Search http://desktop.yahoo.com/ - Yahoo Desktop Search http://www.copernic.com/ - as thornyone says Copernic All free this is my major fact. __________________ Liked this post and found it helpful? Click on the image under my avatar to add to my reputation

08-30-2005, 06:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
thornyone Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Sheffield Posts: 208	Copernic Desktop Search or try here http://www.goebelgroup.com/desktopmatrix.htm

10-14-2005, 02:25 AM	#8 (permalink)
Hedin Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 6	well... http://www.searchinform.com/download...informdesk.exe - trial http://www.searchinform.com/download...rmdeskfree.exe - free

10-14-2005, 02:28 AM	#9 (permalink)
Hedin Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 6	...and something about GDS... Google Desktop Search can index and search documents in text formats, as well as mail, audio and video files tags and images. To be remembered: in order to show the application which files and folders to index, you have to install an additional component gdetweak. Without this add-in Google Desktop Search will index the whole information on user computer and in the network of the enterprise that it can access. Google Desktop Search by right features the most user friendly interface. But the only way to fine tune the application is to install additional components. This is a major disadvantage. The promised search of documents with a similar content (in the Internet originally positioned as similar pages) is quite wretched.

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