Put secondary disk to sleep mode as default

peterbra

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Hi,
Is there a way to put secondary disk to sleep mode by default ?
I have 3 HDDS and I want that 3rd to be in sleep mode by default.
I want to do is because it's noisy.
 

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Hello Peter, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You can change you Power Plan Settings to turn of idle hard drives after so many minutes, but it does this with all hard drives and not just a single one.

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Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

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Hello Peter, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You can change you Power Plan Settings to turn of idle hard drives after so many minutes, but it does this with all hard drives and not just a single one.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hi Shawn,

Thanks for the tip (I knew that one), but I need only that particular one to be in sleep mode by default - I need others disks running.

Is there some hack in registry (or wherever) ?

I know that I can place the disk offline from Disk Management, but in a case I need something on that disk I have to go to Disk Management to put it back online.... It's not the solution I like :(

Thanks again !
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail
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Intel Core2 Quad @ 2.4GHz
Motherboard
P5Q PRO
Memory
4 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia G-Force 8600 GT
Sound Card
integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
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Hard Drives
1: WD 1TB
2: WD 640GB
3: Maxtor 150GB
Sorry, but no. :(
 

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PC/Desktop
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64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
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ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
Memory
64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
Sound Card
Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
Screen Resolution
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Hard Drives
1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus NAS
PSU
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Thermaltake Core P3
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Corsair Hydro H115i
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Logitech wireless K800
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