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i’ve used xplorer2 for years and found it does everything i need and then some. there’s a “lite” version which is free for personal/academic use:

http://zabkat.com/x2lite.htm

i use the “pro” version, but i think the “lite” version has almost all the same functionality.

i’ll second Phil’s recommendation of Macrium Reflect. i’ve been using it for several months now across all Windows platforms and it works great. you can restore files from a Windows 7 image to an XP computer, which is a big plus.

open an explorer window of the folder you want to search and in the top-right corner there is a “search” box that you can use for simple searches. for more advanced searches, press [F3]. that will open a “search results” window. towards the top-right corner of that window, click on the down arrow next to “advanced search” and you will get a search options window that resembles the old XP search.

i would like to think there’s a keyboard shortcut to accomplish all this with one keypress, but i’ve yet to find it.

lee