I need to find some files called .pxf (They're created by the interactive whiteboard software which I use for school) which are stored somewhere on my external hard drive.
Is there an easy way of searching for them without knowing the specific file names? The material was taken off my old laptop, which died, and it is all jumbled up with funny names and I can't find anything! Can anyone help?
This works for me in Windows XP:
- Click on My Computer
- Click the Search icon at the top of the screen or use Ctrl-F
- Select "All Files and folders"
- In the "All or part of the file name" box, enter:
*.pxf- in the "Look in" box select Local Hard Drives
- Click on More Advanced Options and make sure that there's a tick next to "Search System Folders", "Search hidden files and Folders", "Search Subfolders
- Click Search
However you may see different options depending on your setup/ configuration/ version of windows. The key bit is to search for files called: *.pxf
Love dance, will travel
I've tried that using the search box but it doesn't come up with much. But maybe I'm doing it wrong.
I know that there should be a lot of .pxf files on the hard drive because I sweated blood making them - probably 50 or 100 hours of work. So I'm desperate to find them!
What happened when the data was rescued from the old PC - could it have changed the file names?
Another idea if you can remember the day when you made one, you could search (using the Advanced search options) for any files created that day (not just *.pxf - I'd take that bit out of the criteria).
Love dance, will travel
you are probably searching c drive rather than the external hard dive
in search
click top right icon left of ?
click search options
in dialog box click advanced
index location Select new
look for external hard drive
Or in
My computer
look for devices with removable storage
find external hard drive
R click search
or
give me a ring
I did it!! Woohoo (I wouldn't normally use that smiley but I feel it warrants it.)
I've just found a page on the net which told me I had to uncheck the box which tells the computer to hide file extensions (in Tools, then Folder Options). Then I ran the search again and they all came up like magic!
Thanks, Linda and David for helping out. My IT skills are very patchy and it just drives me nuts when I have to spend time labouring over a problem that's probably got an easy solution. It is fantastic to be able to turn to a resource like the CSF and get some support, and it has never let me down on my little technological crises. Greatly appreciated!
Thanks to Philsmove as well, only just seen this.
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