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Discus and support Delete:How to prevent windows from turning on hard drives to restart? in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; edit: nevermind found answer while looking for something totally unrelated. Wonder why search didnt find it. Ca sara sara I have 2 external... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by mcgarrett, Oct 3, 2015.

  1. MCGARRETT
    mcgarrett Win User

    Delete:How to prevent windows from turning on hard drives to restart?


    edit: nevermind found answer while looking for something totally unrelated. Wonder why search didnt find it. Ca sara sara




    I have 2 external hard drives that are always on but in sleep mode until I need them.

    I want to be able to have windows NOT power them on when restarting.

    Is there a way to do this?

    BTW, hibernate is turned off. *Huh

    :)
     
    mcgarrett, Oct 3, 2015
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  2. FRANK1100
    Frank1100 Win User

    How to prevent Win10 from turning on by itself ?

    ok thx, will try that. Was hoping though the Microsoft Support Engineers could pull the solution for sure out of their respective employment.
     
    Frank1100, Oct 3, 2015
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  3. SACHIN VENKATESH
    Sachin Venkatesh Win User
    How to prevent Win10 from turning on by itself ?

    Hello Frank,

    Thank you for your response.

    This is because of the Windows updates, If there are any updates needs to be installed the system wakes up from hibernation and will install the updates.

    Check if the same issue persists if you put the system to sleep mode.

    Please post to us to help you better.
     
    Sachin Venkatesh, Oct 3, 2015
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  4. BANZI
    Banzi Win User

    Delete:How to prevent windows from turning on hard drives to restart?

    Glad you got it sorted, could you post the solution here as well so myself & others can stop this happening?
     
    Banzi, Oct 3, 2015
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  5. MCGARRETT
    mcgarrett Win User
    There is no way to do so since Windows check to see if anything is going to be written to the drives before loggin off.
     
    mcgarrett, Oct 4, 2015
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  6. BANZI
    Banzi Win User
    Cheers for the reply, pity as it slows down rebooting the PC a startup a bit.
     
    Banzi, Apr 4, 2018
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