Search tips - how to narrow down a search?

[Colin Lindsay]

Guys and gals - any computer gurus out there can advise on how to narrow down a search?

I'm trying to track down a post from early last summer which concerned the Practical Classics Triumph Herald / Vitesse Restoration Guide.

If I search for the phrase above, it gives me absolutely every post that any of the words appear in, which is millions.

I tried again but can't search for another so many seconds, so I wait. This time I put the word AND in between the words. It gives me every post containing the word 'and.'

If I search the forum, it's usually for a set phrase, not every word which that phrase contains. Any ideas on how to narrow down a search, so that I get a manageable number of results?

 

[thescrapman]

 

[thescrapman]

I did a search for Practical Classics Restoration Guide

then selected to say it had to contain all words rather than any words.

the search on your whole phrase returned no answers 

now is that what you wanted?

[Colin Lindsay]

That's the exact post I was looking for, so thanks for that!

I'm wondering if it's as simple as just selecting ' all words' as opposed to 'any', which gives me millions of results all at once...

[thescrapman]

I think so, you just need to get the right combination of words