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

date posted 22nd August 2007 19:30

It is connected to a laptop, therefore there is Acer Power Management
software instead of classic Windows XP's power settings panel. Hard
drives are set to never turn off.

Jay



On 22 Aug 2007 18:34:40 -0000, Tony Crockford [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> On 22 Aug 2007, at 18:44, Juraj Seffer wrote:
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> > 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...
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> have you looked at power options in control panel, turn off hard
> disks says?
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> Assuming Windows XP.
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> if it's something else, what?
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