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Gary

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Since: Jul 27, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:55 am
Post subject: Can I turn off just ONE hard disk?
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My PC has two hard disks. My C drive is large enough to deal with all the
data (and then some) and I use my D drive primarily as a backup drive and an
archive.

If I turn on / set the "Turn off hard disks:" option to whatever minutes
(personally, probably 20 minutes), will it power down the D drive after the
alotted time, or will it remain powered because I'm still working away on
the C drive?

I suspect that the power will still be going, so I then ask, is there a way
to tell the drive to power down when there is no activity on it?

Gary
Thanks to all who can help.

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POP

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:43 pm
Post subject: Re: Can I turn off just ONE hard disk? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In news:ez6Wy3YsGHA.1632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,
Gary <gary.clarke21nospam.TakeThisOut@talktalk.net> typed:
> My PC has two hard disks. My C drive is large enough to deal
> with
> all the data (and then some) and I use my D drive primarily as
> a
> backup drive and an archive.
>
> If I turn on / set the "Turn off hard disks:" option to
> whatever
> minutes (personally, probably 20 minutes), will it power down
> the D
> drive after the alotted time, or will it remain powered because
> I'm
> still working away on the C drive?
>
> I suspect that the power will still be going, so I then ask, is
> there
> a way to tell the drive to power down when there is no activity
> on it?
>
> Gary
> Thanks to all who can help.

Look around Control Panel, Power Options if you have one. It
should let you choose hwat happens to the drive; does here at
least.

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Ronnie Vernon MVP

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:57 pm
Post subject: Re: Can I turn off just ONE hard disk? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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No. The power options for the hard drives is global. If you notice, the option is to turn off the Hard Disk(s). I doubt if it would be useful to power down the second hard drive if nothing is being accessed there anyway.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
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"Gary" <gary.clarke21nospam.RemoveThis@talktalk.net> wrote in message news:ez6Wy3YsGHA.1632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> My PC has two hard disks. My C drive is large enough to deal with all the
> data (and then some) and I use my D drive primarily as a backup drive and an
> archive.
>
> If I turn on / set the "Turn off hard disks:" option to whatever minutes
> (personally, probably 20 minutes), will it power down the D drive after the
> alotted time, or will it remain powered because I'm still working away on
> the C drive?
>
> I suspect that the power will still be going, so I then ask, is there a way
> to tell the drive to power down when there is no activity on it?
>
> Gary
> Thanks to all who can help.
>
>
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POP

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:25 am
Post subject: Re: Can I turn off just ONE hard disk? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In news:%23r0nphdsGHA.452@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
Ronnie Vernon MVP <ronv DeleteThis @mvps.org> typed:
> No. The power options for the hard drives is global. If you
> notice,
> the option is to turn off the Hard Disk(s). I doubt if it would
> be
> useful to power down the second hard drive if nothing is being
> accessed there anyway.
>
>
> "Gary" <gary.clarke21nospam DeleteThis @talktalk.net> wrote in message
> news:ez6Wy3YsGHA.1632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > My PC has two hard disks. My C drive is large enough to deal
> > with
> > all the data (and then some) and I use my D drive primarily
> > as a
> > backup drive and an archive.
> >
> > If I turn on / set the "Turn off hard disks:" option to
> > whatever
> > minutes (personally, probably 20 minutes), will it power down
> > the D
> > drive after the alotted time, or will it remain powered
> > because I'm
> > still working away on the C drive?
> >
> > I suspect that the power will still be going, so I then ask,
> > is
> > there a way to tell the drive to power down when there is no
> > activity on it?
> >
> > Gary
> > Thanks to all who can help.

Whether it's global or not depends on the BIOS. I can turn one
drive "off" and it won't spin up at the next boot. I can also
spin diskS down in connection with the BIOS "screensaver"
function, which is an actual screensaver in that it paints
nothing to the screen when it's enabled.

Please don't paint the world with one brush.

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Mike Hall, MS-MVP

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Since: Jul 22, 2006
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:23 pm
Post subject: Re: Can I turn off just ONE hard disk? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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... or one BIOS..

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Mike Hall
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User


"POP" <nobody RemoveThis @devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:uHkS4GlsGHA.4612@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> In news:%23r0nphdsGHA.452@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
> Ronnie Vernon MVP <ronv RemoveThis @mvps.org> typed:
>> No. The power options for the hard drives is global. If you notice,
>> the option is to turn off the Hard Disk(s). I doubt if it would be
>> useful to power down the second hard drive if nothing is being
>> accessed there anyway.
>>
>>
>> "Gary" <gary.clarke21nospam RemoveThis @talktalk.net> wrote in message
>> news:ez6Wy3YsGHA.1632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> > My PC has two hard disks. My C drive is large enough to deal with
>> > all the data (and then some) and I use my D drive primarily as a
>> > backup drive and an archive.
>> >
>> > If I turn on / set the "Turn off hard disks:" option to whatever
>> > minutes (personally, probably 20 minutes), will it power down the D
>> > drive after the alotted time, or will it remain powered because I'm
>> > still working away on the C drive?
>> >
>> > I suspect that the power will still be going, so I then ask, is
>> > there a way to tell the drive to power down when there is no
>> > activity on it?
>> >
>> > Gary
>> > Thanks to all who can help.
>
> Whether it's global or not depends on the BIOS. I can turn one drive
> "off" and it won't spin up at the next boot. I can also spin diskS down
> in connection with the BIOS "screensaver" function, which is an actual
> screensaver in that it paints nothing to the screen when it's enabled.
>
> Please don't paint the world with one brush.
>
> Pop`
>
>
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