Vista - Harddisk goes sleep, then spins up again

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!

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
news7A61043-D3A0-4DCE-B648-33026052D67B@microsoft.com...
>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!
>
>

Thank you for this info. I have overlooked the link to the advanced
settings. The time for powering down my harddisk, even in the maximum
performance plan, was set to 20 minutes. I set it to 0 (Never) now. I will
watch my PC for the next couple hours and report back if this helped me.

"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:ebCqxgCDHHA.572@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> 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.
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Micheal" <frixxin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news7A61043-D3A0-4DCE-B648-33026052D67B@microsoft.com...
>>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!
>>
>>
>
>

Good 'nuff, we'll be here. ;-)

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"Micheal" <frixxin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1C2087C4-4552-4C83-9186-F43949A56963@microsoft.com...
> Thank you for this info. I have overlooked the link to the advanced
> settings. The time for powering down my harddisk, even in the maximum
> performance plan, was set to 20 minutes. I set it to 0 (Never) now. I will
> watch my PC for the next couple hours and report back if this helped me.
>
> "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:ebCqxgCDHHA.572@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
>> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
>> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
>> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
>> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>> "Micheal" <frixxin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news7A61043-D3A0-4DCE-B648-33026052D67B@microsoft.com...
>>>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!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>