Re: FN-FORUM: External hard drive - how to stop "spin-down"?

date posted 22nd August 2007 18:13

Right, if I don't access it for few mins (dont know exact time), it
spins down. I looked at device manager - no settings I can use.
Although it does show drive's power state capabilities - PDCAP D0,
PDCAP D3 and PDCAP_WAKE_FROM_D0, whatever those mean...

Jay



On 22 Aug 2007 17:23:59 -0000, Leon Stacey [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
> What is the hdd spinning down for, is it when you don't access it
> for a long period of time? In that case I take it there are no
> settings for the external HDD itself... How about looking at any
> properties of the drive itself from my computer?
>
> >>>
> >>> I am trying to disable idle feature on my external Seagate hard
> >>> drive.
> >>> I asked Seagate for help, they don't have any tools/software/
> >>> firmware
> >>> to fix this. I also tried to Google for something, no luck. Hard
> >>> drive
> >>> is connected via USB to a laptop.
> >>>
> >>> Does anybody know about software that can access hard drive at
> >>> regular
> >>> intervals, say ever 3 mins, to prevent hard drive spinning down? It
> >>> really annoys me...
>
>
>
>
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