2 indexes of one online drive different?

[Biff]

I have one online C: drive now.

Both of the C: drives are shown here as being online:


One shows:


The other:




So they are the same indexes / drive but they are different?

What is the explanation for this?

[therube]

I have one online C: drive now.

I take it there were more then one, at some point (& I'm not familiar with that part).

But it looks like you have 2 C:'s.
C: (C:)
Local Disk (C:)

And that something that is masquerading as a "C", but is really, D:
C (D:)

Oh, & you also have a Y (C:) (Offline)


I'll guess what you're seeing has something to do with Tools | Options | Indexes -> NTFS -> Automatically remove offline volumes ?
(Similar can be seen with Indexes -> Network Drives, & elsewhere.)

And at some point you had add/removed or whatnot... [& I'm not sure after that]... ?

[Biff]

I take it there were more then one, at some point (& I'm not familiar with that part).

More than one C: drives some time ago? Yes, that is right. Sorry, what part?

But it looks like you have 2 C:'s.
C: (C:)
Local Disk (C:)

2 C: drives now? No. Only one. The common installation of Win. Or do you mean the two (or more) C: indexes in the screenshots above, I meant?

And that something that is masquerading as a "C", but is really, D:
C (D:)

Yes, that is an old partition where C: once was installed.

Oh, & you also have a Y (C:) (Offline)

Yes, a partition on that old C: drive, not existing anymore.

I'll guess what you're seeing has something to do with Tools | Options | Indexes -> NTFS -> Automatically remove offline volumes ?

No, no, that never has been activated. I want to keep all of the offline volumes.

And at some point you had add/removed or whatnot... [& I'm not sure after that]... ?

Hmmm, OK, well...

But why at all are there two indexes for the same online drive, why do both of these C: indexes show different files of the same drive and a different amount of files etc.? As it is online both of the indexes should show the identical content of the drive, I would assume.

So apparently it remains a mystery. OK, probably not that important either.

So then I should remove one of them, but which one? Or I remove both of them and let Everything automatically rescan the the C: drive? How would I do it?

[void]

So they are the same indexes / drive but they are different?

You have included multiple instances of your C: in your index.
What is shown under:
Tools -> Options -> FAT
Tools -> Options -> NTFS
Tools -> Options -> REFS
Tools -> Options -> Network drives
Tools -> Options -> File Lists
Tools -> Options -> Folders

Do you need these drives in your index any more?
-If not, please remove them by selecting them under Tools -> Options -> (FAT/NTFS/REFS/etc) and clicking remove.

No, no, that never has been activated. I want to keep all of the offline volumes.

If you want to keep these offline volumes you are going to end up with duplicated volumes.
Consider converting them to EFU file lists (Select the drive from the folder sidebar and export as EFU)
Remove the offline volumes and index the EFU file list copy.
Include a nice description in your EFU file list filename.

But why at all are there two indexes for the same online drive, why do both of these C: indexes show different files of the same drive and a different amount of files etc.? As it is online both of the indexes should show the identical content of the drive, I would assume.

One of them is not online.
File lists are never reported as online/offline.

So then I should remove one of them, but which one? Or I remove both of them and let Everything automatically rescan the the C: drive? How would I do it?

You will only be able to remove offline volumes.
This might help indicate where the offline volume is under Tools -> Options -> (FAT/NTFS/REFS/etc..)

[Biff]

You have included multiple instances of your C: in your index.

These are different and the same Win installations on C:. Everything automatically added them.

And before there was one online C: and Everything displayed TWO online C: drives with different content / amount of files and I could double click an item in each of them and they are opened, etc. I didn't understand that. Now these to indexes (one of them shows over 1 mio. files in the result list, the other over 100.000 files) show the SAME drive respectively when I click a folder in one of them it opens it and when I click a folder in the other one it opens it as well on the same drive. Y: is shown as offline:


But when I click to open a folder in the Y: index it is opened. For example here:


Yes, I will remove the two offline C: indexes, thank you.

How can I recognize (without trying to open an item) in the folder pane / result list, which of these drives are on- or offline?

One of them is not online.

But both of the opens a folder / file when clicking on them.

This might help indicate where the offline volume is under Tools -> Options -> (FAT/NTFS/REFS/etc..)

They all are in NTFS. The only item I have outside of NTFS is one in FAT, a USB Stick.

OK, I just will make an efu of each of those (strange?) indexes and just leave the / one C: drive.

Sorting file names lasts extremely long.