Windows 10: Turn Off Hard Disk After not working.

Discus and support Turn Off Hard Disk After not working. in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I have a portable USB hdd that is not powering down at idle, a few days ago it was working so not sure what's happened. For testing purposes I have set... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Kol12, May 25, 2017.

  1. KOL12
    Kol12 Win User

    Turn Off Hard Disk After not working.


    I have a portable USB hdd that is not powering down at idle, a few days ago it was working so not sure what's happened. For testing purposes I have set the Turn Off Hard Disk After to 1 minute. I have tried different USB ports as well.

    :)
     
    Kol12, May 25, 2017
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  2. PROBLEMATIQUEPAL
    Problematiquepal Win User

    Hard disk won't stay alive

    Thank you, things seems to be OK now but not sure why as the 0 minutes in
    Turn off hard disk after had always gone back to zero anyway after a restart, I only altered it to 100 minutes see if it stopped the hard disk from turning off.
     
    Problematiquepal, May 25, 2017
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  3. VANESSA YAR
    Vanessa Yar Win User
    Hard disk won't stay alive

    Thanks for getting back with the screenshots. Having 0 minutes in
    Turn off hard disk after would mean Never to turn off the hard disk. Since the time goes back to zero (0), just leave it as it is and observe if your hard disk drive stays on.

    Feel free to let us know if you need further assistance.

    Regards.
     
    Vanessa Yar, May 25, 2017
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  4. ADDRAM
    AddRAM Win User

    Turn Off Hard Disk After not working.

    Can`t you just eject it when you`re done with it, just like any other usb device ?

    Plug it in, use it, eject it.
     
    AddRAM, May 25, 2017
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  5. KOL12
    Kol12 Win User
    Well I use this as my backup drive for Macrium images and I actually had only been plugging the drive in manually each time for the backups. I want to get a larger external hdd for backups but have it permanently plugged in so Macrium can do it's thing automatically. The drive was powering down normally the other day so I don't know what's changed...
     
    Kol12, May 25, 2017
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  6. KOL12
    Kol12 Win User
    I think I worked this one out. HWiNFO monitoring the drive was keeping it powered on...

    Just need to work out how to completely remove monitoring of this particular drive.
     
    Kol12, Apr 5, 2018
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