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Title: any way i can find files i dunno where teh FUCK it is?
Post by: laesperanzapaz on October 04, 2008, 08:25:45 PM: so there's a bunch of Winrar files taht i have downloaded over the years on my harddrive. I have no idea where they are. windows Search doesn't let me search by file type, as far as i have tried.

not to mention, there's a pron file or two that i cannot find, and i need to give this old PC to one of my relatives.

help? :(

PS: i'm on xp sp2.
PPS: and just so you kjnow, the file names I don't remember, they arre all jumbled and non sensical anyways
Title: Re: any way i can find files i dunno where teh FUCK it is?
Post by: OptimoPeach on October 04, 2008, 08:38:02 PM: You can search by filetype. Search "*.rar" without quotes
Title: Re: any way i can find files i dunno where teh FUCK it is?
Post by: demi on October 04, 2008, 08:38:59 PM: haha, what a FUCKING NOOB question

NOOB
Title: Re: any way i can find files i dunno where teh FUCK it is?
Post by: Vizzys on October 04, 2008, 08:45:05 PM: if these are large files use a program that shows you which files are the largest on your hdd and they should be easy to find

windirstat I think is the name
Title: Re: any way i can find files i dunno where teh FUCK it is?
Post by: xnikki118x on October 05, 2008, 02:31:58 AM: If you're going to give the computer to a relative, just wipe the hard drive anyway. Don't need to find stuff and delete it if you delete EVERYTHING. :)
Title: Re: any way i can find files i dunno where teh FUCK it is?
Post by: laesperanzapaz on October 05, 2008, 02:58:23 AM: Quote from: Viz on October 04, 2008, 08:45:05 PM
if these are large files use a program that shows you which files are the largest on your hdd and they should be easy to find

windirstat I think is the name
you are awesome. thank you for very much.
Title: Re: any way i can find files i dunno where teh FUCK it is?
Post by: Vizzys on October 05, 2008, 03:07:52 AM: no problem its just a handy program I stumbled upon one day
Title: Re: any way i can find files i dunno where teh FUCK it is?
Post by: max_cool on October 05, 2008, 04:42:23 AM: Quote from: Yola on October 04, 2008, 08:38:02 PM
You can search by filetype. Search "*.rar" without quotes

This is the only acceptable answer to the problem presented by the OP.
Title: Re: any way i can find files i dunno where teh FUCK it is?
Post by: Reb on October 05, 2008, 05:25:37 AM: There should be some people here coming up with awesome query's to find them.
Title: Re: any way i can find files i dunno where teh FUCK it is?
Post by: laesperanzapaz on October 05, 2008, 02:05:19 PM: ok, after some research, it appears TreeSize Free is an excellent companion/complement to it.