Stop HD from spinning up

Burly · 26 Jun 2012 at 18:15

I don't access it directly but it seems to spin up a few times when it really doesn't need to (I can hear it).

It's usually because of windows explorer windows checking its there or some program that likes to access each drive for some reason.

Is there anything I can do to stop the thing starting up unless I prompt it to explicitly?

UnworthyBean · 26 Jun 2012 at 18:25

If you can hear it spinning up, Then it is most likely because it has went to sleep.

Double check in power settings that it isn't turning them off.

Burly · 26 Jun 2012 at 19:52

I want it to turn off!

moogle · 26 Jun 2012 at 19:55

Stop the programs from accessing it then.

TheVoice · 26 Jun 2012 at 19:55

If Windows wants to access the drive, it'll spin it up. There's really nothing you can do about that.

UnworthyBean · 26 Jun 2012 at 20:13

TheVoice said:
If Windows wants to access the drive, it'll spin it up. There's really nothing you can do about that.

This really. I was giving you a solution to the drive spinning up. It (arguably) does more damage having to spin up and down everytime.

If you just stop it from going to sleep, It will always be accessible and you'll never hear it / have to wait for it to spin up.

A more drastic solution would be to hard wire a switch into the power cable for the HDD.