XP starts IEEE 1394 drives on any file delete

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David Liebtag

I have several Firewire drives and I have my system configured to turn them
off pretty quickly since I don't use them often. However, every time I
delete a file on any hard drive, XP starts all the Firewire drives. This
can cause a pretty long and annoying wait.

Is there a way to configure XP so it does not turn on all the drives when I
delete a file?

Thanks a lot.

David Liebtag

PS If this is not the correct news group for this question, I would
appreciate a pointer to a more appropriate group.
 
I have several Firewire drives and I have my system configured to turn them
off pretty quickly since I don't use them often. However, every time I
delete a file on any hard drive, XP starts all the Firewire drives. This
can cause a pretty long and annoying wait.

Is there a way to configure XP so it does not turn on all the drives when I
delete a file?

Thanks a lot.

David Liebtag

PS If this is not the correct news group for this question, I would
appreciate a pointer to a more appropriate group.

How do you even make it spin down externals?
 
Loren Pechtel said:
How do you even make it spin down externals?

I believe the "Turn off hard disks" setting on the Power Schemes page of the
Power Options Properties dialog does it.

David Liebtag
 
I believe the "Turn off hard disks" setting on the Power Schemes page of the
Power Options Properties dialog does it.

Yeah--systemwide, not just drives that are rarely used.
 
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