Harddisk goes sleep, then spins up again

[Micheal]

I use IDE and have 3 harddrives of the same type. They are Hitachi Deskstar
180GXP.

Now sometimes one of them go to sleep-mode and then spin up again. It
happens every now and sound like i would be booting my computer. But i am
using my computer, so i don't understand why Vista is powering my harddrives
up and down even while i am working on my PC.

How can i stop this? Is there a option like.. "don't put harddisk to sleep
if not accessed" ?

I would rather like my HDDs spinning smoothly all the time.

PS: i already have my power settings on maximum performance.

TIA!

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Use the Advanced options for fine control over power saving settings. And
make sure that the problem is not a loose cable or failing drive - when the
system is in use drives should not be going to sleep.

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[Micheal]

Thank you for this info. I have overlooked the link to the advanced
settings. The time for powering down my harddisk, even in the maximum
performance plan, was set to 20 minutes. I set it to 0 (Never) now. I will
watch my PC for the next couple hours and report back if this helped me.

Use the Advanced options for fine control over power saving settings. And
make sure that the problem is not a loose cable or failing drive - when
the system is in use drives should not be going to sleep.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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I use IDE and have 3 harddrives of the same type. They are Hitachi
Deskstar 180GXP.

Now sometimes one of them go to sleep-mode and then spin up again. It
happens every now and sound like i would be booting my computer. But i am
using my computer, so i don't understand why Vista is powering my
harddrives up and down even while i am working on my PC.

How can i stop this? Is there a option like.. "don't put harddisk to
sleep if not accessed" ?

I would rather like my HDDs spinning smoothly all the time.

PS: i already have my power settings on maximum performance.

TIA!

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Good 'nuff, we'll be here. ;-)

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Thank you for this info. I have overlooked the link to the advanced
settings. The time for powering down my harddisk, even in the maximum
performance plan, was set to 20 minutes. I set it to 0 (Never) now. I will
watch my PC for the next couple hours and report back if this helped me.

Use the Advanced options for fine control over power saving settings.
And make sure that the problem is not a loose cable or failing drive -
when the system is in use drives should not be going to sleep.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

I use IDE and have 3 harddrives of the same type. They are Hitachi
Deskstar 180GXP.

Now sometimes one of them go to sleep-mode and then spin up again. It
happens every now and sound like i would be booting my computer. But i
am using my computer, so i don't understand why Vista is powering my
harddrives up and down even while i am working on my PC.

How can i stop this? Is there a option like.. "don't put harddisk to
sleep if not accessed" ?

I would rather like my HDDs spinning smoothly all the time.

PS: i already have my power settings on maximum performance.

TIA!