Turning HDD "Off"

On Holiday · 7 Feb 2013 at 22:29

Is there a way to stop the head spinning? Or any other suggestions? (Aside from unplugging it, obviously)

Got a Seagate Barracuda 2tb (known for their noise unfortunately) and every now and then the vibration/whirr gets quite louder.

Experienced this with past three cases I've had, and this one in particular has rubber mounts on the drive bay.

The HDD is used as a secondary i.e. for storage.

andy_mk3 · 7 Feb 2013 at 22:32

Just set it in windows to turn off after a few minutes? I have an SSD and two 2Tb drives in my HTPC, and the drives only spin up when I play something off them. Navigating XBMC or using windows, they stay off.

On Holiday · 7 Feb 2013 at 22:43

My power settings like to reset every time I restart my PC :/ Nothing a reformat won't fix though, but trying to put that off for as long as possible.

wazza300 · 7 Feb 2013 at 23:10

you can set it in windows/power saving options

it should save the settings

Something Else · 7 Feb 2013 at 23:18

ive set mine to turn off when they aint needed. it adds a couple sec to the load times when they have to spin up but its worth it for the silence. hdd is the loudest thing in my pc

BluD · 7 Feb 2013 at 23:23

Yup same i did this the other day, now my pc is nice and quiet my Raptor is by far the noisiest thing.