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Originally Posted by Tanjamuse
Where do I change how quickly it sleeps?
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there are 2 places
1. control panel power options advanced... change when hard drive sleeps. I would set that to never and then control with method 2, below
2. each major USB drive manufacturer usually bundles some free utilities, one of those will give you access to when /if the drive powers won if idle. ( another, for my WD passport drives, controls when the light glows )
if you don't have that, google the drive manufacturer web site and see if you can find one. Or google search on something like [name and make of drive ] usb drive sleep options.
I have never hears of a USB drive that shuts down after only a minute though; I wanted the drives I use for plex media server to go dark/quiet as soon as there was nothing streaming. but the shortest setting I could get with both toshiba and WD was 10 minutes
if #2 is no good, then maybe set a value with method 1, but I think that windows applies the same setting to all drives. Before I switched to SSD, I wanted my C drive to be always on, otherwise there is a noticable delay when a spinning drive has to spin up + I read that parking/sleeping the drive many times a day is more wear and tear than using always on.
PS also in power options, there's a setting for whether windows can suspend USB ports that are idle. dunno if that affects drives, but turn that off also, for good measure if you like