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    Prevent/disable external HD from sleep

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by G01kur_Kisel, Jul 30, 2009.

  1. G01kur_Kisel

    G01kur_Kisel Notebook Guru

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    Hi, I have a western digital 1 TB My Book Edition.
    http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?e=222695

    But I work a lot with digital mediums and save my work directly on the HD, and when it goes to sleep due to inactivity it sometimes looks up and I have to restart the whole computer and losing my lastest progress, amogst other things. And it cant be very good for the book either. I rather have it on all the time and loose 1 year of its life than keep doing this.

    I googled the problem and found out this but is there another way?, would most rather not have a running program writing a empty text note onto the harddrive all the time. Seems like a last way solution.
    http://nosleephd.codeplex.com/
     
    G01kur_Kisel, Jul 30, 2009
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    kegobeer, Jul 30, 2009
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  3. G01kur_Kisel

    G01kur_Kisel Notebook Guru

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    Yes I have. Given to the links you gave me I think you misunderstood my question perhaps? I dont want my external harddrive falling entering sleep mode. When I type that into google http://www.google.com/search?client...nal+hd+sleep&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8


    I get a bunch of forums asking the same question and the anwsers are all from deactive sleep in power consumption options in windows.
    check if you have any software that came with it.
    Write a batch command that executes to write a text file every minute.
    or email the manufactures.

    Now I have emailed Western digital and waiting for respones but from my experience Im not hoping for so much. Any other ideas?
     
    G01kur_Kisel, Jul 31, 2009
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  4. twbfr

    twbfr Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the exact same issue, made the exact same researches over Internet and got the same results/answers as always. I did contact WD and got as an answer that this is a feature of all external WD HDD that cannot be disabled.

    Thank you WD for ruining my life. Never EVER buy WD again.
     
    twbfr, Sep 8, 2009
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    Somehow I don't think that buying an external WD drive that has a sleep function you can't disable actually ruined your life...
     
    kegobeer, Sep 8, 2009
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    No, no, no, WD is actually one of the best hard drive makers in the world. Just because they have a sleep mode on a drive, it doesn't mean that they are a terrible company, because they are in fact one of the most reputable hard drive makers in the world.
     
    Amnesiac, Sep 8, 2009
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  7. twbfr

    twbfr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry guys but yes, it ruined my life, and yes, WD is the worst HDD brand ever and I swear I'll NEVER in my entire life buy anything from them again and I will convince any people I know, my family, my friend, people on forums, to NOT buy WD because they sell HDDs that'll sleep all day like cats while you're trying to work but cannot because you rely on it...

    Western Digital, NEVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR again.

    For now I use this software during the day ( http://xsleep.codeplex.com/ ) which without I couldn't work at all, but this method is so dirty and so inefficient...

    WESTERN DIGITAL DIE IN HELL :mad:

    Okay I calm down :D but still, if I could go back in the past and choose another brand, I would.
     
    twbfr, Sep 9, 2009
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  8. Amnesiac

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    Fine then, go get a Seagate and have it fail on you then.
     
    Amnesiac, Sep 9, 2009
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  9. twbfr

    twbfr Notebook Enthusiast

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    No, I would choose an Hitachi, best reliable HDD brand I know.
     
    twbfr, Sep 9, 2009
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