VanguardLH wrote:

wrote:

I use an old IBM Thinkpad T23 laptop with dual boot Win98se or WinXP.
It is on all day long until 4:30PM. Note: WinXP home edition SP2.

When not in use for some time, I will reboot into Win98se because the
"Power Management" will stop the hard disk drive spinning after a
selected period of time. Unfortunately, WinXP's "Power Management"
does not "work" for this purpose.

http://www.fantomdrives.com/helpdesk...id=7&answer=80

Wow, I revisited that link and it no longer points to their FAQ article,
or they're redirecting all visits to their home page. I also found:

https://fantomdrives.freshdesk.com/s...-mode-at-idle-

Just in case they change their links again or force a redirect, see:

http://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase...spx?ID=3875#xp
(that shows the summary dialog for quick setup)

http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/BC//im...werSchemes.jpg
(that shows the advanced settings for HDD spin down)