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P asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 1 decade ago

Why does it take so long to search my computer or a pdf file when it only takes google less than a second?

...takes google less than a second to search the whole world wide web?

Update:

THERE IS NO TYPO. I am asking why it takes so long to search for a file on my computer OR search for a term in a pdf file. THANK YOU

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    if u have indexed all the files in ur PC, it will also take just seconds when search a file in ur PC, the same as u search info with google, but if u don't index files in ur PC, search files is time consuming job.

    here, 'file indexing' is one of the reason that cause the differentiation, google always do 'file indexing' in the background (24x7x365, never stopping).

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    On your PC, go to START and Search using the term pdf and all pdf's will appear.

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