Index a low-cost NAS on Windows 7
- by JcMaco
Has anyone found a way to index the files stored on a Networked Attached Storage on Windows 7 so that the files can be available in Windows Search and Libraries? I am referring to the cheap and available NAS like the Western Digital My Book series that use an embedded linux server.
Similar question: http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-networking/6700-indexing-nas-drive-libraries.html
EDIT
Windows help proposes to make the files stored on the NAS available offline. This is obviously not a good solution if the NAS has more data than what the client can store.
If the folder is on a network device that is not part of your homegroup, it
can be included as long as the content
of the folder is indexed. If the
folder is already indexed on the
device where it is stored, you should
be able to include it directly in the
library.
If the network folder is not indexed,
an easy way to index it is to make the
folder available offline. This will
create offline versions of the files
in the folder, and add these files to
the index on your computer. Once you
make a folder available offline, you
can include it in a library.
When you make a network folder
available offline, copies of all the
files in that folder will be stored on
your computer's hard disk. Take this
into consideration if the network
folder contains a large number of
files.
