*.IDX Files?

Raiden1803 · November 23rd, 2003

What are *.IDX files? found abunch of these on my hard drive ( 1,288 to be exact) in the root directory after i ran disk difrag. safe to delete them?

ebola · November 23rd, 2003

weird. hope its not a virus. i did a google search on it and all i found was that its an index file. I have no idx files on my machine and its a pretty new windows xp install.

Clements · November 23rd, 2003

I have two .IDX files, one in my Star Ocean graphics pack and the other in my Street Fighter Alpha 2 graphics pack.

To have over a thousand of them is worrying, I'd definately do a Virus scan as it could be a worm. Try opening one in notepad and see what it says, could give clues as to what it is.

Raiden1803 · November 23rd, 2003

try runing disk defrag and see if you get any

GSDragoon · November 23rd, 2003

Index Files? Windows XP by default enables indexing. It allows for files to be searched through much faser.

**hushypushy** · November 23rd, 2003

indexing sucks. turn it off: right click on your drive and uncheck "allow drive indexing". it takes up too much hard drive space, the only good thing is if you do LOTS of searches

Noxious Ninja · November 23rd, 2003

I have drive indexing on. I do not have thousands of IDX files in my root dir of any of my drives. I defrag regularly, but using DisKeeper.

Raiden1803 · November 24th, 2003

yeah i know, their takin up atleast 6megs on my drive right now.. bout to delete em.

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Raiden1803 ..... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: in a van down by the river Posts: 2,535	.IDX Files? What are .IDX files? found abunch of these on my hard drive ( 1,288 to be exact) in the root directory after i ran disk difrag. safe to delete them? __________________ OS: WinXP (Sp2 Build) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.39GHz GFX: ATi Radeon X850 PRO 256MB SOUND: SB Audigy 2 ZS Speakers : Creative Inspire T7700 CD/CD-RW: Lite-On DVDRW SOH1213S / Sony CRX 230ED RAM: 1gig DDR HD: 160gig Seagate

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ebola Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 900	*Re: .IDX Files?** weird. hope its not a virus. i did a google search on it and all i found was that its an index file. I have no idx files on my machine and its a pretty new windows xp install. __________________ .: Cythraul Design :: MBA-Forums :.

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Clements MMP-2 Dude Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: UK Posts: 1,633	*Re: .IDX Files?** I have two .IDX files, one in my Star Ocean graphics pack and the other in my Street Fighter Alpha 2 graphics pack. To have over a thousand of them is worrying, I'd definately do a Virus scan as it could be a worm. Try opening one in notepad and see what it says, could give clues as to what it is. __________________ PJ64 Homepage \| ZSNES Documentation Project \| bsnes Supporter

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Raiden1803 ..... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: in a van down by the river Posts: 2,535	*Re: .IDX Files?** try runing disk defrag and see if you get any __________________ OS: WinXP (Sp2 Build) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.39GHz GFX: ATi Radeon X850 PRO 256MB SOUND: SB Audigy 2 ZS Speakers : Creative Inspire T7700 CD/CD-RW: Lite-On DVDRW SOH1213S / Sony CRX 230ED RAM: 1gig DDR HD: 160gig Seagate

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GSDragoon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,969	*Re: .IDX Files?** Index Files? Windows XP by default enables indexing. It allows for files to be searched through much faser. __________________ Athlon64 3400+ @10.5x250MHz, 2.625GHz \| DFI NF3 250GB 2x512 Corsair pc3200 \| BFG FX6800 OC 128MB \| X-Fi XtremeGamer

November 23rd, 2003	#6 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	*Re: .IDX Files?** indexing sucks. turn it off: right click on your drive and uncheck "allow drive indexing". it takes up too much hard drive space, the only good thing is if you do LOTS of searches __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

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Noxious Ninja Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: teh intarweb Posts: 1,718	*Re: .IDX Files?** I have drive indexing on. I do not have thousands of IDX files in my root dir of any of my drives. I defrag regularly, but using DisKeeper. __________________ 09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0

November 24th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
Raiden1803 ..... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: in a van down by the river Posts: 2,535	*Re: .IDX Files?** yeah i know, their takin up atleast 6megs on my drive right now.. bout to delete em. __________________ OS: WinXP (Sp2 Build) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.39GHz GFX: ATi Radeon X850 PRO 256MB SOUND: SB Audigy 2 ZS Speakers : Creative Inspire T7700 CD/CD-RW: Lite-On DVDRW SOH1213S / Sony CRX 230ED RAM: 1gig DDR HD: 160gig Seagate

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