Disable Hard Drive Spin down?

[Scottonpc]

I have a 128GB SSD and a 2TB HDD. My 2TB HDD does not turn on at start up and I can tell this because I cannot here the mechanical noise, this is quite annoying because when I want to access my documents or movies that are on my HDD it has a 5 second delay where the HDD has to boot up and I suppose it is a power saving feature.

 

Does this happen to you and also how can I make it so the HDD boots up at start up. Thanks

 

It's a Seagate 2TB HDD 7200rpm

 

Link: http://www.ebuyer.co...ive-st2000dm001

 

[Samdb]

Have you tried editing your energy saving settings?

[Joshua]

In energy saving options, make sure that the hdd turns on at startup and that it is always on. 

[hehehehhehehehe]

Go into Control Panel > Power Options > Change Plan Settings > Change Advanced Plan Settings > Hard Disk > Turn Off Hard Disk After > and then set to never.

[Scottonpc]

Does spinning up and down a lot wear the drive and potentially lower lifetime?

[Theo]

Does spinning up and down a lot wear the drive and potentially lower lifetime?

I think it lowers the lifetime less than if the HDD was spinning for 10hours per day without stopping, than starting and stopping 50 times and being off 5hours 

[Scottonpc]

I'm not sure whether I should just leave it...

[looney]

Its mostly just for energy saving, It wont have a huge impact on the lifetime.

[jbr]

I'm not sure whether I should just leave it...

 

HDD's are dead men walking regardless of what you do, at least the newer ones 500GB and up are.

 

Keep backups of all your important files.