How to power-down external USB hard drive

J

Jack

I have an Iomega 40MB external USB 2.0 hard drive. I have it plugged into a
USB 1 port. The drive never enters low-power mode (e.g. spin down mode), it
just sits there spinning all the time even when the system enters standby
mode. Is this a function of the Iomega drive or are all external USB hard
drives perpetually on? I'm power usage conscious, so I would prefer to have
an external hard drive that would obey the WinXP OS and enter power-saving
mode when required.

-Jack
 
P

Pavel A.

A short answer is that this hardly feasible with current XP version.
Only if the usb disk itself is smart enough it will spin off.
 

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