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TeddyKGB

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I am not sure if this is a W7 "issue" but I assume it is because I never noticed it in XP.

I have 4 drives in my PC. 1 for the OS, 1 backup, 1 data and 1 backup for the data drive.

What I have noticed the recently is that while the PC is running I can hear a drive power down and slowly stop spinning. If I trry to access the files on that drive it powers back up and I get to the files just fine.

While it is not a big issue I don't like having my drives start and stop all the time just because of the wear on the motor.

Is this a setting I am not aware of or anything I can do to change this?
 

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TeddyKGB said:
I am not sure if this is a W7 "issue" but I assume it is because I never noticed it in XP.

I have 4 drives in my PC. 1 for the OS, 1 backup, 1 data and 1 backup for the data drive.

What I have noticed the recently is that while the PC is running I can hear a drive power down and slowly stop spinning. If I trry to access the files on that drive it powers back up and I get to the files just fine.

While it is not a big issue I don't like having my drives start and stop all the time just because of the wear on the motor.

Is this a setting I am not aware of or anything I can do to change this?
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Hi TeddyKGB,

Its just power management putting the drive to sleep to preserve its life-span and power usage ;)

Hard-Drives will spinup and down thousands of times over their life-span, its better running the least amount of time because there's less wear n tear usage of the drive while its running so dont be concerned about the drive spinning up or down ;)

Its the amount of hours the drive is running that can be more concerning for the motor ;)


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If you like, you can change the settings here:

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