Spotlight and Help

I have recently purchased my first Mac and am having issues with Spotlight, Help, and it seems all Search fields. When I enter text and hit search, it says there are no results found. I'm getting very frustrated! Does anyone know what I may be doing wrong? I know that it is something probably very simple. Please help! Thanks!

You've found your way into the Mac OS X Server discussion group. I think you might have better luck asking here instead... http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1225

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    mds
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    mds
    (Error) Volume: Could not find requested backup type:2 for volume
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