What does "indexing" a hard drive mean?  How does one do it?  What does it
accomplish?  Why is it necessary to do it weekly?  --Art Sable


>Indexing does take a very long time the first time it is run. Subsequent once
>weekly updating of the index will require far less time.
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> mmmkay...now First...when I "index my volume" (the 2gb scsi drive in this
>> machine) it takes around 10 hours (or just says it will...I've never let it
>> run for more than three hours)...is that normal??
>
>--
>John B.



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