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| Thread ID: 30267 | 2003-02-14 10:19:00 | XP: Can I power down disk drives? | craig_b (2740) | Press F1 |
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| 121240 | 2003-02-14 10:19:00 | I have an 80Gb drive that is used solely for backups, images, and install files. I maybe use it less than once a day. However, because it runs at 7200RPM it gets rather hot spinning away not actually doing anything. Is there any way I can force windows to power this drive down, without turning off the other two. also, is there a way to keep it powered down when I use windows explorer to view files? (much the same way as you have to wait for it to spin up a cd everytime you open explorer, id rather not have this if I can help it...) I have tried setting the power down settings to 10 minutes, but it keeps all drives running or no drives - I don't seem to be able to single out one of them. What would be perfect would be a way to shut it down say thru device manager, (like I disable my network card if I don't want other ppl on my LAM to steal my bandwidth during game playing). Any idea if this is possible?? Craig. |
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| 121241 | 2003-02-14 10:57:00 | The only way would be to build a switch into your data cable. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 121242 | 2003-02-14 11:01:00 | ouch, a bit drastic! | craig_b (2740) | ||
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