Mounted .dmg search unsuccessful

Have tried to use spotlight to search a mounted .dmg volume for a particular word in files that might contain it. It doesn't work. Have tried Easyfind (alternative app) which wasn't successful either. Anything else out there that works?

Spotlight does not index .dmg mounted volumes, so it won't find anything. Easy Find should work if you've configured it correctly and the word you're searching for actually exists in the files on the mounted image. Remember you must set Easy Find's drop down menu to the proper volume you wish to search.

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See this discussion at MacFixit.
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Hi Kellie, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
I only use Software Update to see what is needed, then get them for real via...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
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Report if there were errors please.

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