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I have a Win7 x64 Home Premium rig. I installed a second SATA HDD in it in order to speed up the time it takes to do a backup clone. However, I don't need the second HDD to run all of the time... so is it possible to "turn off" the second drive via a software function? Or do I have to actually remove the drives power plug?
I hope the question makes sense, and thanks for any help.
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Turning Off An Installed Hdd In A Desktop
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Posted 30 January 2013 - 02:20 AM
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That should answer your question. The short and sweet of it, is no this cannot be done.
That should answer your question. The short and sweet of it, is no this cannot be done.
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Posted 30 January 2013 - 04:07 AM
You would think with all the "save energy" crap going around, that this would have been done by now, right!? 
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"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" -- Isaac Asimov
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Posted 30 January 2013 - 05:46 AM
My storage drive is one of the "green" HDDs so it parks after a period of no use (not sure how long). The downside is that I have to wait for it to spin up when I first access it.
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