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advanced hard drive power managment
I have multiple hard drives. Does Vista have some kind of hdd power
management tool where I can turn them off and on while running Vista |
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advanced hard drive power managment
Using advanced Power settings in Control Panel you can have HDDs turn off
after a set period of time of non-use. "jush" wrote in message ... I have multiple hard drives. Does Vista have some kind of hdd power management tool where I can turn them off and on while running Vista |
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advanced hard drive power managment
Can I use different settings with each drive and does Vista turn hard drives
completely off. I'm concerned about the noise, heat and power consumption and whats the minimal time delay for turning hard drive off after non-use? As I understand when I try to access the hard disk it turns on again. Are you able to turn this function off. I'm thinking about equivalent to hard on/off like hot-swap but purely by software "JW" wrote: Using advanced Power settings in Control Panel you can have HDDs turn off after a set period of time of non-use. |
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advanced hard drive power managment
As best I can tell it uses the same setting for all drives, however, it only
turns drives off that you are not using it does not turn off ones in use. "jush" wrote in message ... Can I use different settings with each drive and does Vista turn hard drives completely off. I'm concerned about the noise, heat and power consumption and whats the minimal time delay for turning hard drive off after non-use? As I understand when I try to access the hard disk it turns on again. Are you able to turn this function off. I'm thinking about equivalent to hard on/off like hot-swap but purely by software "JW" wrote: Using advanced Power settings in Control Panel you can have HDDs turn off after a set period of time of non-use. |
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advanced hard drive power managment
If using the Control Panel set the HDD turn off time in advanced settings to
"NEVER". Some HDD's especially those designed for RAID systems will spin down to a lower power use settings when not in use. Check the specs for your drive. "D.Thomas" wrote in message ... how can u disable the power management on ur hard drive cuz my second hd keeps turning off and on. i want it to stay on. |