Hi Folks, just recently got a new custom build for my internet radio station / office. With it are four Western Digital RE (entreprise) hard drives. The C drive being 500 Gig, and the D E and F being 2 TB.
For the last few months I've been looking for info on how to stop the drives from spinning down, and always get the same (look in your power settings) answer. I've done such, and have made the relevant changes; turning all power down options to "off" or "never). Despite this, my hard drives still spin down.
Digging further, I found that WD does have a tool called WDIDLE, but apparently it's only for use with certain drives (reds and greens).
So in the end, does anyone know how to stop WD's Entreprise (RE) drives from spinning down?
Operating System:
Windows 7 Professional 64 SP1
Case:
Silverstone Temjin Series TJ08B-E
Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA B150M D3H
Processor:
Intel i7 6700
Hard Drives:
C: WDC WD5003ABYZ-011FA0 (SATA)
D: WDC WD2004FBYZ-01YCBB1 (SATA)
E: WDC WD2004FBYZ-01YCBB1 (SATA)
F: WDC WD2004FBYZ-01YCBB1 (SATA)
Blu Ray Burner:
Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray burner
DVD Burner:
ASUS DRW-24D3ST Black 24x DVD-RW Write
For the last few months I've been looking for info on how to stop the drives from spinning down, and always get the same (look in your power settings) answer. I've done such, and have made the relevant changes; turning all power down options to "off" or "never). Despite this, my hard drives still spin down.
Digging further, I found that WD does have a tool called WDIDLE, but apparently it's only for use with certain drives (reds and greens).
So in the end, does anyone know how to stop WD's Entreprise (RE) drives from spinning down?
Operating System:
Windows 7 Professional 64 SP1
Case:
Silverstone Temjin Series TJ08B-E
Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA B150M D3H
Processor:
Intel i7 6700
Hard Drives:
C: WDC WD5003ABYZ-011FA0 (SATA)
D: WDC WD2004FBYZ-01YCBB1 (SATA)
E: WDC WD2004FBYZ-01YCBB1 (SATA)
F: WDC WD2004FBYZ-01YCBB1 (SATA)
Blu Ray Burner:
Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray burner
DVD Burner:
ASUS DRW-24D3ST Black 24x DVD-RW Write