Be careful with the super-fast search engine on your computer

Have you ever wondered how web search services such as Google, MSN, Yahoo . can find web pages that match the keywords you choose in numerous websites on the Internet in just a few moments? ? In fact, the search is fast because the index database is used in the service server. Applying this principle, these companies continuously offer powerful search tools on the computer, leaving Windows' slow Search feature, making the search process super fast like online. However, these great tools don't just bring about good things.

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After installation, you will see the software only takes up a few MB of hard drive. But in the process of building a database (database), every indexed file has at least one or more different reserves, so the database is getting bigger and bigger, up to GB. To hide this, the database is often included in the hidden directory of the system. For example, with Google Desktop Search, the installation file only takes a few MB "showing off" in front of users at X: Program FilesGoogleGoogle Desktop Search , and the actual data file is in X : Documents and Setting on the loginLocal SettingsApplication DataGoogleGoogle Desktop Search ( with X is the drive that installs the operating system). Not to mention that the software is always launched with Windows so it will take up a certain amount of system resources and increase the time to boot up the computer.

Maybe you think: "It doesn't matter if it costs a few GB, as long as it's comfortable, it's not worth waiting for a search ." But think more about security. Suppose you have a very private and important document on your computer and don't want it to fall into anyone's hands. When you no longer need to use this document or after copying to a more compact storage device for easy storage, you decide to use a professional data destruction software like WhiteCanyon. SecureClean, Ontrack DataEraser or Symantec Wipe Info . to delete it completely. But there was a new problem: only the original file was completely deleted, and many of its cached copies were created by the search engine database. There is no need to give up the search, sometimes it is just unintentional. Other people also easily know the full contents of the documents that you have concealed thanks to the reserves.

There is no denying the great search capabilities that search engines provide. Even defects in security sometimes have their own advantages. Please lead a case that the author himself has experienced and since then he has the intention to write this article: On a free day, when I clean up the drive, I missed my hand and deleted an important document. Shift + Delete key combination (not saved to Recycle). When I realized the mistake, it was too late, even a professional file recovery software like EasyRecovery Pro did not work because ironically in the process of copying, defragmenting, the data was erased. . What should I do? Bear hands? Of course not. Google Desktop Search helped me with this. Only with the Windows + G shortcut combination and adding a keyword, after 0.4 seconds the lost document appeared, despite "File Not Found" but with dozens of backups I could easily find the version " latest cached with the same content as the original file, not only that, but I also know the process of changing my document.

In short, if you don't care about the capacity and security, then the super fast search engine on the computer is still a great application, it will help you discover all the documents on the computer with time. the fastest. And please tell me until now the .doc file containing my article has "43 cached"!

Nguyen Tien Dung
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