[Need help] Setting up SSD & HDD

NinjaIsAwesome · 18 Aug 2012 at 00:12

Hey guys.
I need help setting up my 3 hard drives.

I have One M4 Crucial 128GB SSD and two Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB.

I've had my system for a while and this has been bothering me.
I have all main programs and OS on the SSD and everything else on the HDDs but when I do tasks like empty recycle bin I can hear one of my HDD start to spin up (thats the only way i can describe it)

I am Curious, Does it should like My Hard drives are set up right ?

I simply plugged them in and that was it. I've looked up setting master and slave but I always find videos and forum posts about a little spacer on the pins which I do not have.

I'm still learning, any info would be great, thanks

andy_mk3 · 18 Aug 2012 at 00:13

Change how long it takes for your drives to power down in windows power settings. Although I think some drives spin down on their own regaurdless.

trickynickyuk · 18 Aug 2012 at 00:16

my f3 spins down when inactive all the time its normal

NinjaIsAwesome · 18 Aug 2012 at 00:25

andy_mk3 said:
Change how long it takes for your drives to power down in windows power settings. Although I think some drives spin down on their own regaurdless.

That's under Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options correct ?

trickynickyuk said:
my f3 spins down when inactive all the time its normal

Hopefully lol. It bothers me sometimes, but if its normal then It wont annoying me too much.

andy_mk3 · 18 Aug 2012 at 00:27

Yes it's there

Can't say I ever notice my F3 spin down, I can't hear it now it's on bungee rope anyway

foster grant · 18 Aug 2012 at 00:30

Yeah I can here my HDDs "spin up " when I click on something within one of the folders i have on any of them

NinjaIsAwesome · 18 Aug 2012 at 00:50

Thanks for the replies guys, at least i know my Battle station isn't broken.

Can't see anything that indicates that i can change when the HDD spin down...

foster grant · 18 Aug 2012 at 00:59

you can make some changes in power settings via Power Options......Change Plan Settings........Change Advanced Power Settings

wazza300 · 18 Aug 2012 at 01:03

same here its normal for hdd to power down when not used to save power,soon as you access something on it it takes a few seconds followed by a whine n a click sound,as it spins into action

Justintime · 18 Aug 2012 at 01:15

I generally change spin down to never.

NinjaIsAwesome · 18 Aug 2012 at 10:23

foster grant said:
you can make some changes in power settings via Power Options......Change Plan Settings........Change Advanced Power Settings

Found it, Thanks ^^

Set it to 60 minutes. See how that goes

wazza300 said:
same here its normal for hdd to power down when not used to save power,soon as you access something on it it takes a few seconds followed by a whine n a click sound,as it spins into action

That's exactly what happens. Wasn't sure it is was normal.