The search may be crashing due to a problem with the file structure on disk, but
that is a pure guess without more information. It would be a good idea to run a disk
integrity check on spec. Go to Start - Run - enter "chkdsk /f c:" (without the quotes
and assuming your system disk drive letter is c:) then click OK. You will be prompted
to run the disk check on next reboot - just enter Y and press Return to confirm.
Then reboot the system and the disk check will run, taking some time to complete.
It will fix any problems it finds. Hope this helps. Cheers. Spexx.