 |
|
|
|
Next: How do I know if PC is killing hard drives?
|
| Author |
Message |
External
Since: Jul 12, 2004
Posts: 11
|
(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:35 am
Post subject: 2nd Hard Drive. help!
Archived from groups: alt>comp>hardware>homebuilt (more info?)
|
|
|
Hello guys,
I am planning to put a 2nd hard drive in my PC to use only for backups. It will
be the slave drive. I will copy the files once everyday on it. What I would like
to know is tat when I turn on the PC will the 2nd hard drive spin all day?? I
would need it only for a few mins everyday so I don't want it to spin all day to
wear out. i am using win xp pro.
Kindly let me know and thanks before hand. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 | |
External
Since: Sep 25, 2004
Posts: 101
|
(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:35 am
Post subject: Re: 2nd Hard Drive. help! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
RayOfLight wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> I am planning to put a 2nd hard drive in my PC to use only for backups. It will
> be the slave drive. I will copy the files once everyday on it. What I would like
> to know is tat when I turn on the PC will the 2nd hard drive spin all day?? I
> would need it only for a few mins everyday so I don't want it to spin all day to
> wear out. i am using win xp pro.
>
> Kindly let me know and thanks before hand.
If you really don't want the drive to be on all the time you have your
computer turned on, you could get a rack that fits in a 5-1/4 inch slot
and has a removable tray with the hard drive. You would have to power
off to plug in the removable drive, but that's about the only
inconvenience. I've been using several of these for years. It allows
me to have several different OS's and configurations that I plug in as
needed.
Another option would be an external USB or Firewire plug-in drive. You
wouldn't have to power down to connect one of these. You can buy the
cases without drives and put whatever size EIDE drive you want. The
following link is just one example of many USB cases:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/product_info.php?products_id=3338" target="_blank">http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/product_info.php?products_id=3338</a>
I am by no means endorsing or recommending this particular item!<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Aug 18, 2004
Posts: 93
|
(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:35 pm
Post subject: Re: 2nd Hard Drive. help! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
"RayOfLight" <RayOfLight RemoveThis @intnet.mu> wrote...
>
> I am planning to put a 2nd hard drive in my PC to use only for backups. It
> will
> be the slave drive. I will copy the files once everyday on it. What I would
> like
> to know is tat when I turn on the PC will the 2nd hard drive spin all day?? I
> would need it only for a few mins everyday so I don't want it to spin all day
> to
> wear out. i am using win xp pro.
Use the Power Options app in the Control Panel to set your HDs to power down
after a set time. Depending on your setup, your primary HD will not likely spin
down while you're working. You may occasionally have to wait for your primary
HD to spin up (or for the backup HD to spin up for some functions like emptying
the Recycle Bin), but the backup drive will spin down until needed.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: 2nd Hard Drive. help! |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Jul 13, 2004
Posts: 144
|
(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:35 pm
Post subject: Re: 2nd Hard Drive. help! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
John R Weiss wrote:
> "RayOfLight" <RayOfLight RemoveThis @intnet.mu> wrote...
>
>>I am planning to put a 2nd hard drive in my PC to use only for backups. It
>>will
>>be the slave drive. I will copy the files once everyday on it. What I would
>>like
>>to know is tat when I turn on the PC will the 2nd hard drive spin all day?? I
>>would need it only for a few mins everyday so I don't want it to spin all day
>>to
>>wear out. i am using win xp pro.
>
>
> Use the Power Options app in the Control Panel to set your HDs to power down
> after a set time. Depending on your setup, your primary HD will not likely spin
> down while you're working. You may occasionally have to wait for your primary
> HD to spin up (or for the backup HD to spin up for some functions like emptying
> the Recycle Bin), but the backup drive will spin down until needed.
>
>
Are you then saying that the control of these drives is individual
rather than both drives together? I have never used this feature and
wonder if only the inactive drive will shut down after the designated time?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: 2nd Hard Drive. help! |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Jan 03, 2004
Posts: 7693
|
(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:35 pm
Post subject: Re: 2nd Hard Drive. help! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:19:02 GMT, Ken <user RemoveThis @domain.invalid>
wrote:
>John R Weiss wrote:
>> "RayOfLight" <RayOfLight RemoveThis @intnet.mu> wrote...
>>
>>>I am planning to put a 2nd hard drive in my PC to use only for backups. It
>>>will
>>>be the slave drive. I will copy the files once everyday on it. What I would
>>>like
>>>to know is tat when I turn on the PC will the 2nd hard drive spin all day?? I
>>>would need it only for a few mins everyday so I don't want it to spin all day
>>>to
>>>wear out. i am using win xp pro.
>>
>>
>> Use the Power Options app in the Control Panel to set your HDs to power down
>> after a set time. Depending on your setup, your primary HD will not likely spin
>> down while you're working. You may occasionally have to wait for your primary
>> HD to spin up (or for the backup HD to spin up for some functions like emptying
>> the Recycle Bin), but the backup drive will spin down until needed.
>>
>>
> Are you then saying that the control of these drives is individual
>rather than both drives together? I have never used this feature and
>wonder if only the inactive drive will shut down after the designated time?
Yes it will, but there are many things that can interfere
with the concept actually working as intended. For example
some systems will spin-up drives again when files are
deleted, not just when the recycle bin is emptied, though
this may be because user has set "recycle bin" to delete
files rather than their being moved to the recycle bin.
In general though, yes the function if the sleep mode is
meant to allow all drives not being accessed to spin-down
after the prescribed interval, but I'm not entirely sure
what events reset that timer and if it's a global timer
setting.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: 2nd Hard Drive. help! |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Aug 18, 2004
Posts: 93
|
(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:35 pm
Post subject: Re: 2nd Hard Drive. help! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
"Ken" <user RemoveThis @domain.invalid> wrote...
>>
>> Use the Power Options app in the Control Panel to set your HDs to power down
>> after a set time.
>
> Are you then saying that the control of these drives is individual rather than
> both drives together? I have never used this feature and wonder if only the
> inactive drive will shut down after the designated time?
No, the control is for both drives. However, your usage pattern is likely to be
such that the primary drive seldom, if ever, shuts down. Any required disk
access, such as network polling, Index Service, firewall & antivirus software,
etc. will reset the timeout on the primary drive. The backup drive will be
accessed less, though, so it will spin down and remain off most of the day.
I have a 30 minute timeout on my HDs, and the backup drive spins down on
schedule. The primary drive seldom if ever spins down, because of some of the
software I run continuously.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: 2nd Hard Drive. help! |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Mar 06, 2004
Posts: 1371
|
(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:35 pm
Post subject: Re: 2nd Hard Drive. help! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
All harddrives connected to the motherboard ALWAYS spin when the computer is
on.
--
DaveW
"RayOfLight" <RayOfLight.RemoveThis@intnet.mu> wrote in message
news:r3l0s0pij9i7ejvealnr4sql45epr4ud87@4ax.com...
> Hello guys,
>
> I am planning to put a 2nd hard drive in my PC to use only for backups. It
> will
> be the slave drive. I will copy the files once everyday on it. What I
> would like
> to know is tat when I turn on the PC will the 2nd hard drive spin all
> day?? I
> would need it only for a few mins everyday so I don't want it to spin all
> day to
> wear out. i am using win xp pro.
>
> Kindly let me know and thanks before hand.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: 2nd Hard Drive. help! |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Aug 18, 2004
Posts: 93
|
(Msg. 8) Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:35 pm
Post subject: Re: 2nd Hard Drive. help! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Jan 03, 2004
Posts: 7693
|
(Msg. 9) Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:35 am
Post subject: Re: 2nd Hard Drive. help! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 02:58:17 GMT, "John R Weiss"
<jrweiss98155@.comNOSPAMcast.net> wrote:
>"DaveW" <none DeleteThis @zero.org> wrote...
>> All harddrives connected to the motherboard ALWAYS spin when the computer is
>> on.
>
>
>IDE? SATA? SCSI?
>
Don't try to make sense out of that statement, sometimes
DaveW just likes to be contrary.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: 2nd Hard Drive. help! |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: May 28, 2004
Posts: 40
|
(Msg. 10) Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:18 pm
Post subject: Re: 2nd Hard Drive. help! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Nov 21, 2004
Posts: 16
|
(Msg. 11) Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:44 pm
Post subject: Re: 2nd Hard Drive. help! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
Depending on Mfg card....the control panel's display screen saver
setting setup, could have a sleep/turn off drive cycle....
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:18:46 -0500, "-Alby Hewlet" <bogus DeleteThis @nowhere.net>
wrote:
>drill hole in case
>cut power lead to 2nd drive
>connect switch to leads
>mount switch within easy reach
>turn of drive whenever you want.
>
>
><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: 2nd Hard Drive. help! |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Mar 22, 2005
Posts: 7
|
(Msg. 12) Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:35 pm
Post subject: Re: 2nd Hard Drive. help! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:44:21 -0500, Leon Manfredi <manfred RemoveThis @toast.net>
wrote:
>Depending on Mfg card....the control panel's display screen saver
>setting setup, could have a sleep/turn off drive cycle....
>
>On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:18:46 -0500, "-Alby Hewlet" <bogus RemoveThis @nowhere.net>
>wrote:
>
>>drill hole in case
>>cut power lead to 2nd drive
>>connect switch to leads
>>mount switch within easy reach
>>turn of drive whenever you want.
After reading everyone's input to this matter, I tend to agree with
whomever said to go for the USB/FIREWIRE option as I too fall into
this catagory of hating the drive being ON for no reason and thus
cutting its life expentancy shorter than normal.
I did the same for my second DVDRW now... and the first one already
got burnt-out a long time ago. Quite frankly, I dont see a reason as
to why a DVDRW/CDRW or even an HDD should be ON when not needed for
any purposes other than to have to turn it ON when is needed.
Makes a heck of a lotta sense to me!<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: 2nd Hard Drive. help! |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
| Related Topics: | WD Hard Drive: LED - This is my first WD HD. It's a 40gb mastered to a 40gb Maxtor, both 7200rpm. Is it normal for this brand of HD, (wdc 400bb), to have it's LED on all the time? The LED doesn't flash on/off when it's being read, it's a constant glow. The drive functions..
WD Hard Drive: LED - This is my first WD HD. It's a 40gb mastered to a 40gb Maxtor, both 7200rpm. Is it normal for this brand of HD, (wdc 400bb), to have it's LED on all the time? The LED doesn't flash on/off when it's being read, it's a constant glow. The drive functions..
hard drive - are western digital hard drives reliable, i know most drives are more reliable than ibm and generics just want to see if they are reliable -- da da da da dooo dooo
hard drive - are western digital hard drives reliable, i know most drives are more reliable than ibm and generics just want to see if they are reliable -- da da da da dooo dooo
Help with new hard drive - Hi, Anyone help with this..... ....just got nice new additional hard drive..can't get it to go....what happens when I attach it..Windows XP won't load....takes me to Set-up. The new hard drive is a Western Digital SATA drive...exactly the same size an... |
|
You can post new topics in this forum
You can reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ
Profile
Private Messages
Log in
