Disabling hard disk power management

Berserker · 29 Sep 2010 at 09:48

Is there any way to gain access to hard disk advanced power management settings from Windows? From Linux, I could use hdparm, but there doesn't seem to be anything for Windows.

Specifically I need to stop the hard disk heads from retracting as it's slowly eating the drive (I had this problem on my previous laptop too).

Neolink · 29 Sep 2010 at 21:08

CrystalDiskInfo has some adjustable settings, might be what you are after?

They are found in: Function > Advanced > AAM/APM Control. The setting I have it on below stops it from ever having to spin up after being idle

d_brennen · 29 Sep 2010 at 21:11

You want to stop the disk powering off when idle? You can do this is Windows 7 with the advanced power options

kona786 · 29 Sep 2010 at 23:55

d_brennen said:
You want to stop the disk powering off when idle? You can do this is Windows 7 with the advanced power options

i looked there but it only specifies time in mins

hominid · 30 Sep 2010 at 02:51

Reduce it all the way down to never. It's a bit wierd the way MS did it but if you click the down arrow to reduce the timer to one, the next step is never..

kona786 · 30 Sep 2010 at 16:02

cheers hominid

Berserker · 2 Oct 2010 at 00:19

APM is the number I need to change. I'll see if setting Windows to 'never' helps, but from memory I don't think it does.

Thanks!

PS - This issue will go away anyway if I succumb to the temptation to get a Vertex 2E. Damn you this week only!