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sleep mode for Hard drive

Original Message

Name: tommccall
Date: August 5, 2004 at 10:37:12 Pacific
Subject: sleep mode for Hard drive
OS: NT service pack 4
CPU/Ram: Pent 2 128 mb

Comment:

are there any programs that will power down the hard drive after say 10 minutes of inactivity. I would expect that if the hard drive when to sleep and did not spin as fast this would lenghten hard drive life. Any ideas?

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Response Number 1

Name: Rick McNabb
Date: August 13, 2004 at 16:10:14 Pacific
Subject: sleep mode for Hard drive

Reply: (edit)

Actually stopping and starting is harder on a hard drive, and you will notice the "lag" as drive spins up with your P-II system.

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