Quick SSD question
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Quick SSD question
If I get a 30 GB SSD for the operating system and commonly used program files, and use my Spinpoint F3 for music / movies / game installations, can/will Windows 7 power off the storage drive whenever I'm not using those particular files?
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So if I set the hard drive to power off after 1 minute, is that 1 minute after that particular hard drive was accessed, or is it 1 minute after any system activity? And will it do it on a drive-by-drive basis?
Also in practical terms, will it stay off or will programs like the indexing service or antivirus software keep waking it up?
Also in practical terms, will it stay off or will programs like the indexing service or antivirus software keep waking it up?
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thats a very interesting question. I had previously set my windows XP machine to turn of my second drive when ever it wasnt in use (its 500gb drive filled with videos, so i rarely use it) regardless, explorer kept accessing the drive If windows 7 is smarter about this then ill probably buy a SSD for my OS and just put everything else on a massive driverhys j wrote:So if I set the hard drive to power off after 1 minute, is that 1 minute after that particular hard drive was accessed, or is it 1 minute after any system activity? And will it do it on a drive-by-drive basis?
Also in practical terms, will it stay off or will programs like the indexing service or antivirus software keep waking it up?
Thanks, that's what I wanted to know.Spirit02 wrote:Running W7 RC x64, and quite often the only time my movies drive spins up is when I open up My Computer and it tries to get a figure on how full the drive is. (Other than watching a movie of course )
I also read a suggestion somewhere which said you could disable a drive using Device Manager, which would presumably work, bit of a hassle though.
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No need to do that. I just installed Windows 7, and my data drive is almost never spinning because everything I use is installed on my SSD. I also left indexing enabled, and it's still not spinning-up the disk.rhys j wrote:Thanks, that's what I wanted to know.Spirit02 wrote:Running W7 RC x64, and quite often the only time my movies drive spins up is when I open up My Computer and it tries to get a figure on how full the drive is. (Other than watching a movie of course )
I also read a suggestion somewhere which said you could disable a drive using Device Manager, which would presumably work, bit of a hassle though.
This is using the default desktop power profile with zero tweaks, so you don't hae to do anything, as the OS is already configured to be aggressive about spinning-down disks.