Power down utility

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David

Is there an installable utility that will "force" external drives to
power down during periods of inactivity? I'm specifically referring to
my USB external drives that (so far as I know) are not affected by
WinXP's power management settings.

Thanks for any help.
 
Previously David said:
Is there an installable utility that will "force" external drives to
power down during periods of inactivity? I'm specifically referring to
my USB external drives that (so far as I know) are not affected by
WinXP's power management settings.
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There is no standardised power-down command that works for USB
attached drives, so no, there is not. I don't know
whwther some manufacturers have specific, non-portable
solutions.

If the drive can self-induce sleep mode you can connect
it directly via IDE, configure that and then put
it back into its enclosure.

Arno
 
Arno Wagner said:
There is no standardised power-down command that works for USB
attached drives, so no, there is not. I don't know
whwther some manufacturers have specific, non-portable solutions.

If the drive can self-induce sleep mode you can connect
it directly via IDE,
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configure that
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And how exactly are you to do that?
 
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