File search - files and projects all over the place

I have not developed a standard set of scratch locations for all of my files, projects, autosaves, etc. As a result, I have media and project files all over the place on my computer and I now spend most of my time searching. I thought Bridge might help me search for and consolidate all relevant CS3 and CS4 files on all of my drives so that I can then place them into some standard scheme.
When I do a search from the file menu "find" by criteria I drop down a list of various files, but no project files from After Effects, Premiere, Audition, etc. Does Bridge have a feature that will find and move all my files?

I don't think bridge will search across different drives although have read Lightroom will. Bridge searches from where you start your search and then goes down the directory from there. Since I have all my pictures on one drive can't say how that would work it other programs are below it in the directory tree.
If you have Vista is it very fast at searching. It searchs across drives if they are all indexed. The advanced seearch will find keywords "tags" in MS talk.

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