See if HDD is in Sleep Mode for Windows
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Is there a way for me to see if my hard drive is actually spinning or in sleep mode under Windows 7? I am looking for answers for both internal and external hard drives; they don't always have a light to indicate their status.
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The command-line utility of smartmontools offers exactly this functionality with the switch. From the man page: -n POWERMODE, --nocheck=POWERMODE [ATA only] Specifies if smartctl should exit before performing any checks when the device is in a low-p…
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