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HD's going to sleep / power settings adjusted



 
 
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Old May 31st 09, 09:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Lynkdev
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Default HD's going to sleep / power settings adjusted


I have my power setting set to high performance and also the HD sleep is
set to never. Still though after 10 mins of not using the comp, the HD's
go to sleep and it takes like 10 secs for my computer to load the hard
drives after waiting for them to start up again.


Am i doing something wrong?


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Old May 31st 09, 11:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Richard Urban
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Default HD's going to sleep / power settings adjusted

Did you reboot after making your changes? Sometimes it helps.

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"Lynkdev" wrote in message
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I have my power setting set to high performance and also the HD sleep is
set to never. Still though after 10 mins of not using the comp, the HD's
go to sleep and it takes like 10 secs for my computer to load the hard
drives after waiting for them to start up again.


Am i doing something wrong?


--
Lynkdev


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Old May 31st 09, 11:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Lynkdev
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Default HD's going to sleep / power settings adjusted


yes i have multiple times, i havnt changed anything since. Are there any
command line procedures to do this or should i just try to fiddle with
the power settings again?

thanks




Richard Urban;1055425 Wrote:
Did you reboot after making your changes? Sometimes it helps.

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"Lynkdev" wrote in message
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I have my power setting set to high performance and also the HD sleep

is
set to never. Still though after 10 mins of not using the comp, the

HD's
go to sleep and it takes like 10 secs for my computer to load the

hard
drives after waiting for them to start up again.


Am i doing something wrong?


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Lynkdev



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Old June 1st 09, 02:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
RalfG[_3_]
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Default HD's going to sleep / power settings adjusted


"Lynkdev" wrote in message
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I have my power setting set to high performance and also the HD sleep is
set to never. Still though after 10 mins of not using the comp, the HD's
go to sleep and it takes like 10 secs for my computer to load the hard
drives after waiting for them to start up again.


Am i doing something wrong?


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Lynkdev


There are more settings available for each of the power plans. Click on
"Change Plan settings" and then click the link for "Change advanced power
settings". In the list of settings you'll see a Hard Disk section with
options to "Turn off hard disk after" xMinutes for either Battery or Plugged
in.

Click on either one of those settings to get the time selector box and then
scroll down the time setting value to the bottom until it says "Never".
That should hopefully fix you up.

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Old June 1st 09, 08:59 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Timothy Davis [MSFT][_2_]
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Default HD's going to sleep / power settings adjusted

It may also be the hard drive itself, or the BIOS, telling the HD to sleep.

What kind of hard drive is it? Internal SATA? External eSATA? 1394?
etc...


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"Lynkdev" wrote in message
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I have my power setting set to high performance and also the HD sleep is
set to never. Still though after 10 mins of not using the comp, the HD's
go to sleep and it takes like 10 secs for my computer to load the hard
drives after waiting for them to start up again.


Am i doing something wrong?


--
Lynkdev


There are more settings available for each of the power plans. Click on
"Change Plan settings" and then click the link for "Change advanced power
settings". In the list of settings you'll see a Hard Disk section with
options to "Turn off hard disk after" xMinutes for either Battery or
Plugged in.

Click on either one of those settings to get the time selector box and
then scroll down the time setting value to the bottom until it says
"Never". That should hopefully fix you up.


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Old June 1st 09, 11:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Tae Song
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Default HD's going to sleep / power settings adjusted


"Lynkdev" wrote in message
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I have my power setting set to high performance and also the HD sleep is
set to never. Still though after 10 mins of not using the comp, the HD's
go to sleep and it takes like 10 secs for my computer to load the hard
drives after waiting for them to start up again.


Am i doing something wrong?


--
Lynkdev


The hard drive may have it's own sleep timer. What is the make and model of
the hard drive?

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Old June 2nd 09, 12:23 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Curious[_4_]
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Default HD's going to sleep / power settings adjusted

Some HDD vendors make drives made specifically for large corporate Raid
systems that do have their own spin down logic and these are different
drives than are normally available for retail customers.

"Tae Song" wrote in message
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"Lynkdev" wrote in message
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I have my power setting set to high performance and also the HD sleep is
set to never. Still though after 10 mins of not using the comp, the HD's
go to sleep and it takes like 10 secs for my computer to load the hard
drives after waiting for them to start up again.


Am i doing something wrong?


--
Lynkdev


The hard drive may have it's own sleep timer. What is the make and model
of the hard drive?


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Old June 15th 09, 11:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Lynkdev
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Default HD's going to sleep / power settings adjusted


I have two internal WD raptor SATAS on RAID 0 and one 1TB Seagate
internal SATA. I have also changed the advanced setting under power and
still nothing..


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