Use the Advanced options for fine control over power saving settings. And
make sure that the problem is not a loose cable or failing drive - when the
system is in use drives should not be going to sleep.
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"Micheal" <frixxin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I use IDE and have 3 harddrives of the same type. They are Hitachi Deskstar
>180GXP.
>
> Now sometimes one of them go to sleep-mode and then spin up again. It
> happens every now and sound like i would be booting my computer. But i am
> using my computer, so i don't understand why Vista is powering my
> harddrives up and down even while i am working on my PC.
>
> How can i stop this? Is there a option like.. "don't put harddisk to sleep
> if not accessed" ?
>
> I would rather like my HDDs spinning smoothly all the time.
>
> PS: i already have my power settings on maximum performance.
>
> TIA!
>
>