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343204	2005-04-09 10:31:00	Are there any programs for Windows (XP) that will turn off the hard disk manually	bluepoles (7281)
343205	2005-04-09 10:43:00	And why would you want to turn it off?? What do u mean exactly? Or do you mean the system as in shut the system down?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
343206	2005-04-09 21:33:00	You can't turn off a hard drive. It's connected inside your PC and thats what Windows loads off. If you mean turn off your PC -whats wrong with START-Shutdown?	pctek (84)
343207	2005-04-09 21:54:00	"You can't turn off a hard drive. It's connected inside your PC and thats what Windows loads off. If you mean turn off your PC -whats wrong with START-Shutdown?" Rubbish, Nearly all versions of Windows has the option to turn off the Hard drive after a set period of time. This is setup under power options. Getting back to the original question, there are utilities around that will give you this option from a right click menu, unfortunately I cannot recall any names at the moment. Regards AC	Alan Cotrell (6634)
343208	2005-04-09 22:09:00	Nearly all versions of Windows has the option to turn off the Hard drive after a set period of time. This is setup under power options. True, but other than going into sleep/hibernation mode, why would you want to shut off the harddrive? The original question makes it sound more like they want to shut it off at any time ... however I may be wrong	Myth (110)
343209	2005-04-09 22:24:00	Are there any programs for Windows (XP) that will turn off the hard disk manually Sure is - pull out the power supply to the HDD. Now that's a MANUAL programme :) Sorry - couldn't resist this one....	thepom (7654)
343210	2005-04-09 22:59:00	Yeah the windows time-out shutdown never seems to work, yeah a utiulity to turn it off is exactly what I want.	bluepoles (7281)
343211	2005-04-09 23:10:00	If u want to make things easier, create a shortcut on the desktop. Type this in shutdown -s -t 01. (the 01 is the seconds. Change it to whatever u want - the computer will shut down in so many seconds). Give it an icon. And change to whatever icon u want. Thats it. When u want to shut down double click on this icon on the desktop. If that doesnt work, update your video drivers.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
343212	2005-04-09 23:15:00	"True, but other than going into sleep/hibernation mode, why would you want to shut off the harddrive?" There are actually a number of setups where the ability to turn off a hard disk on demand does have merit. One common use would be a multi hard drive set up where one or more drives are only used for a set purpose (once a day backups etc) by turning off the hard disk after it's use for the day, you would save on system resources and the use of a drive that is not needed (it is a lot harder to corrupt data or delete files on a drive that is stopped) On a Laptop turning off the hard drive enables extra power saving and therefore longer battery life. On a single hard drive desktop system the benefits of turning off on demand are less clear, however we do not know what type of system or setup the original query was generated for, therefore answers can only be given in general. Regards Ac	Alan Cotrell (6634)
343213	2005-04-09 23:40:00	"True, but other than going into sleep/hibernation mode, why would you want to shut off the harddrive?" There are actually a number of setups where the ability to turn off a hard disk on demand does have merit. One common use would be a multi hard drive set up where one or more drives are only used for a set purpose (once a day backups etc) by turning off the hard disk after it's use for the day, you would save on system resources and the use of a drive that is not needed (it is a lot harder to corrupt data or delete files on a drive that is stopped) On a Laptop turning off the hard drive enables extra power saving and therefore longer battery life. On a single hard drive desktop system the benefits of turning off on demand are less clear, however we do not know what type of system or setup the original query was generated for, therefore answers can only be given in general. Regards Ac Ah ok, thanks for that :D	Myth (110)
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