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How to prevent hard drive from spinning down Windows 7?

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Mar 15, 202685502 views
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I had a Western Digital External 1TB drive, which I was accessing via USB. I decided one day, that I would prefer to mount the HDD in my case, and access it via SATA interface. So I took it apart, and the actual mounting was a breeze. The only thing is, I think the device has some default power sav…

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You will need to change your power plan: Go to control panel -> Power options In the current power plan, click Change plan settings -> Change advanced power settings Under Hard disk, set Turn off hard disk after to: Never Under USB settings set USB …

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