Spotlight not working after fresh install of Mac OS X

Hi,
I have erased and installed the Mac OS X on my powerbook and spotlight is not working. I have tried almost all the solutions provided on the forum.
I have tried adding the root drive to the privacy section of the spotlight preferences but it doesn't list the drive at all.
I have tried using spotless, Yasu, Cache out X, deleted the spotlight.plist file
Nothing works! It should be working after a fresh install. My computer just came back after a hard drive replacement and the spotlight wasn't working even then. I thought a fresh install of the OS would help, but can't get it to work.
Can anynody suggest anything? Your help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Aditya

Hi Tom,
Thanks for the reply and the link.
I re-installed the OS again! This time using the UNIX file system setting during installation. Then when I booted my computer, Spotlight worked like a dream. But then I connected my external firewire hard disk and it stopped working!
Is there a work around for this, can I get spotlight to work again?
Thanks,
Aditya

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[SOLVED] Microphone does not work after fresh install

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The capture section seems to be ok.. However when I am using skype,
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skype call testing service..
Moreover, the levels of the mixer are ok and nothing is muted.
Finally, the mic itself works fine, I dual boot with XP and I didn't have
any problems with skype there..
Please let me know what other information you need..
Many thanks in advance.
Last edited by geo909 (2011-02-23 01:23:28)

alterecco wrote:
If you are using alsa, then remember to go into alsamixer and turn up your microphone volumes and set a device as the capture device.
Basically, go to the capture pane (F4), navigate to the capture device you want to use, and press Space to toggle it on.
First of all, I'm so sorry for the late reply.. I didn't have access to a pc for a long time.
And actually your suggestion did the job! I don't believe it was something that simple,
I spent hours googling around and trying all sorts of stuff..
Thanks a lot!!!

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