Harddisk goes sleep, then spins up again

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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!
 
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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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.

Richard G. Harper said:
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 said:
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!
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Good 'nuff, we'll be here. ;-)

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Micheal said:
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.

Richard G. Harper said:
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/
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Micheal said:
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!
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