My additional HDD's are going into some kind of sleep?


  1. Topaz
    Posts : 22
    7 Pro 64-bit
       New #1

    My additional HDD's are going into some kind of sleep?


    Hi,

    Whenever I go to open I file in a drive other than C:, I hear the HDD 'coming to life' inside my rig before finally opening the file. This never happened with XP so I guess there is a setting somewhere that I can turn off so that this doesn't happen??

    cheers :)
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. mikinho
    Posts : 397
    6x W2K8 R2 (x64), 6x W7 7600 (x64), 2x Gentoo (x64), 1x Ubuntu 9.04 (x64), 1x pfSense (FreeBSD)
       New #2

    It is a power setting. You'll need to go to your Power Options (powercfg.cpl), Edit Plan Settings, Change advanced power settings. Expand Hard disk, Turn off hard disk after and modify the setting.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
Hi all, Currently I'm using Comodo Internet Security as a firewall and I'm planning to build a home network using Windows 7 Homegroup and thought that Comodo might be an obstacle in doing that. So my question is, as a normal home user of Windows 7, do I really need a 3rd party firewall other...
Additional storage HD
in Hardware & Devices

I have physically installed and hooked up my additional hard drive, a sata3 1 tb drive. My booting drive, a 320 is a sata3 as well so i have no master/slave switches. How do i make my computer recognize the 2nd drive and format it for use? When I boot up nothing shows up in My Computer Help...
You Additional Plugin Pop-up
in General Discussion

Hello! Could anyone help me to fix my problem. Couple of days ago I downloaded a flash player from letmewatchthis(dot)com. Then I unstalled it. Now every time I open a video on youtube, there's a pop-icon above states that "additional plugin is required to display some elements of this...
Additional usb ports
in Hardware & Devices

Can you add usb ports via an internal "splitter cable" rather than internal/external usb hubs to a PC/Motherboard ? My board has two additional usb slots/ports on the board. I know there are external/internal multiple port available...but is there an internal "splitter" where I can take my 2...
Additional RAM causes CRASHES!!!
in BSOD Help and Support

Hello forum, I just bought the Patriot Viper Series PC2-8500 1066MHz 2x2GB and added it to my existing 2GB of Muskin HP2-8500 RAM to make a total of 6GBs. My current RAM setting was 5-5-5-15 2.1-2.2v, which is what the new RAM had recommended as well. The system had crashed twice since running...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 18:36.
Find Us