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SwiftSearch for Windows

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SwiftSearch quickly finds your Windows files without indexing. It bypasses the file system to read the file table directly, delivering results in seconds.

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SwiftSearch 0/1

  • Pros

    • Extremely fast search speeds
    • Does not require drive indexing
    • Lightweight program
    • Bypasses file system for direct access
    • Searches yield full results in under 10 seconds

  • Cons

    • Requires administrator privileges
    • Only supports NTFS file system
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SwiftSearch for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
1.5
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2000
Additional Requirements
None
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Total Downloads
26,113
Downloads Last Week
4
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Developer’s Description

By Mehrdad N
Search and find required files on PC.
SwiftSearch is a lightweight program whose purpose is to help you quickly find the files you need on your Windows machine without ever requiring you to index your drives. Most search utilities that achieve similar speeds do so by indexing drives while the computer is idle, but because idleness detection is so difficult to get right, in practice they end up slowing down the whole system just to speed up search. SwiftSearch works differently: given administrator privileges, it completely bypasses the file system (only NTFS supported) and reads the file table directly every time, which speeds up search by many orders of magnitude. Typically searches yield full results in ~10 seconds or less, a significant speedup for many users.
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