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3 minutes ago, Propphet said:

This setting right?

The (translated) "hard drive -> hard drive power off -> setting = never"

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Yep, that's the one :) 

 

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Hey, i just started running windows 8.1 pro as my main nas os with some vm`s in the background.

I was wondering if using windows 8.1 pro as a os for long time 24/7 operation could do any damage to my seagate ironwolf drives or if i should turn settings off inside windows that are hurting the drives.

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Windows will do fine for storage. To keep the drives spinning (mostly recommended for NAS drives, consumer drives are fine with lots of start/stops) you can probably force that somewhere in the power options in the control panel.

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13 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Windows will do fine for storage. To keep the drives spinning (mostly recommended for NAS drives, consumer drives are fine with lots of start/stops) you can probably force that somewhere in the power options in the control panel.

This setting right?

The (translated) "hard drive -> hard drive power off -> setting = never"

image.png.ff9dd84e657143a99cba55571b480ab7.png

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3 minutes ago, Propphet said:

This setting right?

The (translated) "hard drive -> hard drive power off -> setting = never"

image.png.ff9dd84e657143a99cba55571b480ab7.png

Yep, that's the one :) 

 

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