Index journal - keeping entries

[harryray2]

I have an instance st up purely to keep a long running record of the index journal. I have it so that there is no limit on the entries.

I only start up the instance about once a week. Up until now, the journal has kept all the details going back a month or more, but recently it's only keeping entries going back a day or so.

I'm not sure if it's to do with Everything or my system. Is it possible that the entries are lost when I put the computer to sleep, or restart explorer?

[void]

Sounds like Everything did an index rebuild.

Everything will clear your index journal when your index is rebuilt.

What is the last rebuild reason under Tools -> Debug -> Statistics -> Build -> Last rebuild reason?
What is the last rebuild date under Tools -> Debug -> Statistics -> Build -> Last rebuild date?

[harryray2]

It appears the reason is 'remove fat volume'

Every so often I back up onto a thumb drive, presumably, removing it is causing this problem?
If I don't run Everything while the thumb drive is running, will that solve it? I usually ext Everything before ejecting the thumb drive as Everything causes issues on ejection.

if it is the case of it being the thumb drive, is their a way to run Everything and this not to happen, possibly uncheck the automatically include volumes?

[void]

Yes, please disable automatically index new volumes:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
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• Click the FAT tab on the left.
• Uncheck Automatically include new fixed volumes.
• Uncheck Automatically include new removable volumes.
• Uncheck Automatically remove offline volumes.
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• Click the NTFS tab on the left.
• Uncheck Automatically include new fixed volumes.
• Uncheck Automatically include new removable volumes.
• Uncheck Automatically remove offline volumes.
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• Click the ReFS tab on the left.
• Uncheck Automatically include new fixed volumes.
• Uncheck Automatically include new removable volumes.
• Uncheck Automatically remove offline volumes.
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• Click OK.

[harryray2]

Thanks, I assume there's no other way round it as I do sometimes need to do a search on a removable drive or thumb drive?

[void]

There's no way to keep the index journal after a rebuild.

Consider firing up another instance for your removable drive or thumb drive.