Windows 10: Secondary HDD not turning off

Discus and support Secondary HDD not turning off in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hey guys, I upgraded from Win 7 Pro to Win 10 Pro yesterday and so far everything works great, the only problem is that my secondary HDD always... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Ibritumomab, Jul 29, 2015.

  1. Secondary HDD not turning off


    Hey guys,

    I upgraded from Win 7 Pro to Win 10 Pro yesterday and so far everything works great, the only problem is that my secondary HDD always stays on.
    I have a 128GB SSD as my main drive and an 750GB HDD as my secondary drive for games, pictures and stuff. Since the latter runs at 7200rpm and is quite loud and my laptop is otherwise pretty much completely silent (when I turn the fan on stealth mode) I had created a power profile for studying that turns off hard drives after 1 minute of not using them and with windows 7 that worked just fine.
    Now though, my secondary HDD never turns off. I checked task manager and ressource monitor and found that my pagefile was on my secondary so I moved that to my SSD, but now it still doesn't turn off, even when Task manager and ressource manager tell me nothing has accessed it for several minutes.

    Do you guys have any other idea what might be causing this or how to fix this?

    Thanks in advance!

    :)
     
    Ibritumomab, Jul 29, 2015
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  2. Secondary HDD not turning off

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

    I suggest you to run Clean Boot and check if it helps.

    This helps eliminate software conflicts that occur when you install a program or an update or when you run a program in Windows. It starts Windows by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs.

    How to perform a Clean Boot in Windows:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135


    Note: After troubleshooting, refer to this section "How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting" in the above link.

    Also run the Power Troubleshooter:

    Power troubleshooter will automatically fix some common issues with Power Plans. Run the Power troubleshooter to adjust your computer's power settings. The Power troubleshooter checks things like your computer's timeout settings, which determine how long
    the computer waits before turning off the monitor display or entering sleep mode. Adjusting these settings can help you conserve power and extend your computer's battery life.

    • Press Windows key + W and type Troubleshooting.
    • Select Troubleshooting and click on System and Security.
    • Click on Power and follow the onscreen steps.
    Delete the current power plan and create it again. Refer to the following link to change the power plan to suit your needs.

    Power plans: Frequently asked questions

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/power-plans-faq Refer to the section:
    How to create and delete a power plan

    Refer the link below, which helps in deleting, creating, and changing power settings.

    Power plans: Frequently asked questions

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/power-plans-faq

    Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.
     
    Kalpana Shankarappa, Jul 29, 2015
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  3. Secondary HDD not turning off

    Hey guys,

    I upgraded from Win 7 Pro to Win 10 Pro yesterday and so far everything works great, the only problem is that my secondary HDD always stays on.

    I have a 128GB SSD as my main drive and an 750GB HDD as my secondary drive for games, pictures and stuff. Since the latter runs at 7200rpm and is quite loud and my laptop is otherwise pretty much completely
    silent (when I turn the fan on stealth mode) I had created a power profile for studying that turns off hard drives after 1 minute of not using them and with windows 7 that worked just fine.

    Now though, my secondary HDD never turns off. I checked task manager and ressource monitor and found that my pagefile was on my secondary so I moved that to my SSD, but now it still doesn't turn off, even
    when Task manager and ressource manager tell me nothing has accessed it for several minutes.

    Do you guys have any other idea what might be causing this or how to fix this?

    Thanks in advance!
     
    Ibritumomab, Jul 29, 2015
    #3
  4. Obreon Win User

    Secondary HDD not turning off

    Just registered to say that I'm having exactly the same problem. Set the HDDs to power down after one minute in the power options which worked perfectly in Windows 7.

    I find that it powers down briefly after the operating system is restarted but then powers up again after about 5 minutes and stays on. Sometimes it will turn itself off again after a while and sometimes it won't. It doesn't sound like it’s actually doing anything but I can hear it spinning.


    I use the HDD as a backup drive for my SSDs (scheduled daily, not on demand) but I'm going to be disconnecting it if this continues.


    I'm guessing that some service must be activating them…
     
    Obreon, Jul 30, 2015
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  5. mertzi Win User
    Hello! Another one here with spin down problems. I have an Intel NUC with an mSATA SSD as OS disk and a WD scorpio blue 2,5" as secondary drive, spindown set to 1 minute. Occasionally it spins down, but not within 10 minutes. And often I find the disk to be spinning (it overpowers the fan noise quite a lot) when I haven't used the NUC for several hours or a day. Prior to windows 10 I had windows 7 and it always spun down after a minute. The driver for the WD disk is from June 21 2006, isn't this odd? I don't think the blue line was introduced until 2009.
     
    mertzi, Aug 13, 2015
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  6. hmm so maybe this is a WD issue? My secondary HDD causing the problem is also a WD, black line.
     
    Ibritumomab, Aug 17, 2015
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  7. So my HDD finally turned off for a while today so I started the ressource manager to monitor whatever might wake it back up and when it did spin up again (without me opening anything) I found this:

    Secondary HDD not turning off [​IMG]

    Does anyone know what that runtime broker is and why it's accessing my picture folder?
     
    Ibritumomab, Aug 17, 2015
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  8. Secondary HDD not turning off

    runtime broker is used by the apps, I believe it manages background activity

    if this is accessing your pictures library, have a check in the new photos app, see if it is set to look at pictures folder on external drive, sounds like it is background scanning for new images
     
    paulsalter, Aug 17, 2015
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  9. Yeah I've already had the same idea. I didn't want to exclude pictures from my hdd from the app because what would be the point of having it then, but what I did do 10 minutes ago is deactivate the live tile (didn't realise it was active before because it never showed anything) in the start menu and that seems to have done the trick - my hdd powered down soon after and hasn't turned on again so far!
     
    Ibritumomab, Aug 17, 2015
    #9
  10. another one you might want to check (if you haven't already)

    check out settings and then privacy, look for background apps and turn off photos so that it wont run in the background
     
    paulsalter, Apr 5, 2018
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