I really can't remember I've also set my HDDs to never go to sleep last time I installed Windows. So thanks for reminding me, Brink! From a power saving perspective, the default 20 minutes make sense. But it adds extra wear on the drive, if it needs to shutdown and bootup more...
we need to consider that having drive sleep on the disks not in use for a decent period of time reduces noise, increases energy efficiency and reduces wear in situation #1 (eg. daily or weekly backup, or backup and forget (ie. photography). For #2, only 1-2 drives will generally be ...
a typicalhard disk drivestores several gigabytes (thousand million bytes). Another advantage of the hard disk is that the high rate of spin reduces access time to about 20 milliseconds. As the head is very close to the surface of the disk it is essential to exclude particles of dust or sm...
From what I've seen in the limited information on various forums, the issue seems to be related to Mountain Lion and how it handles wake from sleep rather than a specific brand of drive. I am now running Caffeine when my iMac is turned on during the day to avoid the system going to ...
✅ External Hard Drive disconnects itself and reconnects after entering sleep mode:After I switched hard drives the internal ones and reinstalled Windows 10, one difference I noted is that now every external hard drive I connect, if...
Hi, I have several USB hard disks connected to my Mac mini; most of the time, several of them are mounted at the same time. I've recently noticed that all of them are put to sleep after idle, despite the fact that “Put hard disks to sleep when possible” in System Preferences is...
Avoid putting hard disks to sleep on Mac When a drive isn't in use for a certain period, macOS can send a signal to the disk to spin down the platters in the case of HDDs or to enter a low-power state for SSDs. This is essentially a power-saving feature made to extend the life...
It is possible that your internal or external drives might still spin for a few minutes after the computer enters sleep mode, but they should quiet down and stop after a short time. You may need torun a few checksif you find that the drive continues to spin long after you have activated...
Set the sleep option toNeverto ensure your computer stays on to allow continuous access to shared files. Share a Folder Right-click on the Start button and selectFile Explorer. Choose the folder you want to share (e.g., Documents). ...
After you resume a Windows 8.1-based computer from Sleep mode, the disk usage reaches 100 percent, and then the computer stops responding. This issue occurs when the following conditions are true: Device Initiated Power Management (DIPM) is enabled on the computer. Generally, thi...