Do drive spin-down times have to be set individually?
In Windows, do hard drive spin-down times have to be set individually, per drive?
I set the drive spin down time to 180 minutes through Power Options, as I'm tired of having to wait for drives to spin up when I need them (I had it set at 20 minutes).
However, after applying the new 180 minute option and many reboots later, I still have to wait for drives when accessing them through Explorer. It's like the new spin-down time setting didn't apply.
Is this a per-drive setting? Does it only work with the main OS drive (C:)?
My main OS drive (C:) is an Intel SSD. Then I have four mechanical storage drives. I've wondered if perhaps there's some other function that's getting in the way of accessing the drives "cold", giving the appearance of spun-down drives, like Windows initiating some type of network scan for network drives before listing local directories...?
In Windows, do hard drive spin-down times have to be set individually, per drive?
I set the drive spin down time to 180 minutes through Power Options, as I'm tired of having to wait for drives to spin up when I need them (I had it set at 20 minutes).
However, after applying the new 180 minute option and many reboots later, I still have to wait for drives when accessing them through Explorer. It's like the new spin-down time setting didn't apply.
Is this a per-drive setting? Does it only work with the main OS drive (C:)?
My main OS drive (C:) is an Intel SSD. Then I have four mechanical storage drives. I've wondered if perhaps there's some other function that's getting in the way of accessing the drives "cold", giving the appearance of spun-down drives, like Windows initiating some type of network scan for network drives before listing local directories...?
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