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How to spindown(sleep) a SATA hard disk drive under Windows?

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Mar 15, 20267417 views
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I am using a 3.5" SATA HDD from the eSATA port of my laptop. The HDD is powered with another ATX power supply. Each time I unplug the eSATA, I cannot make the HDD spindown before I power off the ATX. So, any tool to do this?

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Fix for: How to spindown(sleep) a SATA hard disk drive under Windows?

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Have you tried savely removing it (perhaps only for USB) or unmounting the drive? Else have a look at HotSwap! You can treat the eSata like a HDD you're trying to hot swap, thus turning it off. But instead of swapping it, you just leave it off. Feat…

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