How can I crawl files located on my desktop PC?

Question: How can I crawl files located on my desktop PC?

Answer: You will need to install a webserver on your local PC. Abyss Web Server is a free, easy to use web server that can be used for this purpose. Once you have a local web server installed and configured, you can crawl your local site by entering “127.0.0.1” as the root URL.