Windows 10: Hard Drive Spins Down despite timer being set to NEVER

Hi

Please help me. I'm running Windows 10 pro (latest version, updates on). My notebook model is: Dell G3 15

I have an SSD and a hard drive installed, OS running from SSD, data being on HDD. That said HDD is not always in use.

To prevent unwanted motor cycles, I set the "Hard Disk Sleep Timer" in power options to NEVER for both battery and plugged in mode.
Still I can hear the hard drive spin down almost immediately as I stop accessing files from it. Like within minutes! This is crazy, it is even faster than the default timer you would have there.

I made a mistake by installing a software called Dell Power Manager, which might have to do with it (unsure as I couldn't open any interface to it), but since then I uninstalled it. No change.
It might have been the same before that as well.


What should I do? How do I know what makes the drive spin down? It doesn't seem faulty, smart readings are normal.

HDD make is Seagate St1000LX015-1U7172
SCSI\DiskST1000LX015-1U7172______SDM3

:)

 

Constant hard drive spinning

I am on a relatives computer, and she is complaining of slow performance, and basically, what it looks like, is the hard drive, is constantly spinning, causing programs to act slow, and causing everything to run slow.
I have indexing turned off (Windows Vista ) and I just want a list of things I can start going through to check what might be causing the constant spinning.
She has norton, too. which might be part of the problem..

 

Constant hard drive spinning

what you mean the hard drive is constantly spinning,its supposed to spin all the time

 

Windows 10, Cannot set Logout Timer

Hi Waltz,

For us to better assist you with your log out timer issue, we'd like to know the following:

• Which build and version of Windows are your running on your computer?

To check, press Windows key + R > type winver
> hit Enter.

• "Cannot set Logout Timer" - Do you want to set your computer to auto-shutdown or auto-lock?
  
• What steps have your tried to set the logout timer?
  

We're looking forward to your reply.