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Discus and support Prevent Windows 10 from ramdomly spinning up hdds in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Hello,I'm using the a powerplan which should tell Windows 10 to spin down HDDs after a few minutes 1-5 of inactivity.First of all, this doesn't seem to... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by Weiler_S, May 21, 2021.

  1. WEILER_S
    Weiler_S Win User

    Prevent Windows 10 from ramdomly spinning up hdds


    Hello,I'm using the a powerplan which should tell Windows 10 to spin down HDDs after a few minutes 1-5 of inactivity.First of all, this doesn't seem to work as intended. I looked around in many forums without having any success on getting this working properly.If somebody sets that option, then it is clear that the user&n

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    Weiler_S, May 21, 2021
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  2. AHHZZ
    Ahhzz Win User

    Windows 10 Tweaks

    Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

    Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

    • Open a new Explorer window.
    • Click View in the ribbon.
    • Click Options.
    • Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
    • Click OK


    credit to Lifehacker.
     
    Ahhzz, May 21, 2021
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  3. SD_DRACULA
    sd_dracula Win User
    HDD won't spin down/sleep in Windows 10

    I have recently upgraded from Win 8.1 Pro x64 to Win 10 Pro x64 and I am experiencing a weird problem.

    My HDD setup is as follows:

    Samsung EVO 250GB M2 SSD - OS and apps

    Crucial MX100 512GB SATA SSD - Games

    Seagate ST2000 2TB SATA HDD - Media

    After configuring Windows 10 to sleep the media HDD (the seagate) after 5 mins of inactivity I noticed that it never actually does it, the HDD never goes to sleep, spins down.

    That HDD only has media on it and no apps so there should be nothing accessing it.

    How can I found out what is preventing the HDD from going to sleep?
     
    sd_dracula, May 21, 2021
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  4. PAUL SEAGRAVE
    Paul Seagrave Win User

    Prevent Windows 10 from ramdomly spinning up hdds

    HDD won't spin down/sleep in Windows 10

    I've been doing some digging into this. If you are running an Intel system that uses Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel RST) then please feel free to digest this conveniently locked thread on the Intel forums:

    https://communities.intel.com/message/317473#317473

    In short the approved Windows 10 drivers from version 14 and above have a bug that prevents the standard HDD spin down in Windows 10 from functioning.

    I have an Asus H97M-e motherboard and on the Asus website the official driver is 14.5.0.1081 and this prevents the drives from spinning down.

    I have managed to resolve the issue on my machine by uninstalling Intel Rapid Storage Technology package from 'add remove programs' which also removes the driver. Windows will then install a default MS AHCI driver which will actually work fine and resolve
    the issue. But as suggested on the Intel forum by another user I have installed RST driver version 13.6.0.1002 which is available from the Intel website here:

    Download Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) User Interface and Driver

    It is worth installing the earlier driver (Designed for Win 8.1 and below) as this allows the additional power saving features of the chipset.
     
    Paul Seagrave, May 21, 2021
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