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I installed a Crucial M4 SSD (newest firmware) on my Win 7 Laptop a few months ago, and it would seem that the indexing service in addition to this change made my system a little less stable, with a combination of inserting a USB during startup. &nbsp;The combination started blue screens and I traced the cause back to the indexing service which many recommend that it be turned off on SSD's. &nbsp;<br />
Since there seems to be a debate about whether leave it on or not, the debate was won for me with having to do a full reinstall to recover. &nbsp;I don't have options to move the index to an HDD as this is a laptop with room for only one drive.<br />
What are others using as a search tool (rather not install Google Desktop) as an alternative to getting around the indexing yet still search completely through the drive and files.? I don't mind if it is a bit slower than full indexing.
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I installed a Crucial M4 SSD (newest firmware) on my Win 7 Laptop a few months ago, and it would seem that the indexing service in addition to this change made my system a little less stable, with a combination of inserting a USB during startup.  The combination started blue screens and I traced the cause back to the indexing service which many recommend that it be turned off on SSD's.  
Since there seems to be a debate about whether leave it on or not, the debate was won for me with having to do a full reinstall to recover.  I don't have options to move the index to an HDD as this is a laptop with room for only one drive.
What are others using as a search tool (rather not install Google Desktop) as an alternative to getting around the indexing yet still search completely through the drive and files.? I don't mind if it is a bit slower than full indexing.

SSD Laptop Windows 7 Search Alternative

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.

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Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

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Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.