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Old March 18th 11, 04:29 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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How can I (Windows 7 settings) keep my HDD spinning? TIA!
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Old March 18th 11, 05:25 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On 18 Mar 2011, Bob Smith wrote in
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How can I (Windows 7 settings) keep my HDD spinning? TIA!


Power settings.

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Old March 18th 11, 05:31 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:29:41 -0500, Bob Smith wrote:
How can I (Windows 7 settings) keep my HDD spinning? TIA!


You probably need to go to the Power options and change the plan so
that it doesn't turn off the HD after do many minutes of non-usage

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Old March 19th 11, 12:00 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:29:41 -0500, Bob Smith wrote:

How can I (Windows 7 settings) keep my HDD spinning? TIA!


Some drives spin themselves down independently of Windows.

But you gave us no idea which brand & model you have...

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