External Hard Drive Problem

[wfn217]

I have a Western Digital external hard drive that exits the sleep mode for no apparent reason when nobody is using the computer. What can cause this?

 

[MacGyverS2000]

Plenty of things... network traffic, OS decides it needs to empty the fast cache, some background process wants to install an update, etc.

Dan - Owner

http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com

 

[loki3000]

windows power usage settings.

 

[MacGyverS2000]

windows power usage settings.

That would put a drive to sleep, not wake it up...

Dan - Owner

http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com

 

[genomon]

If you installed the Smartware that comes with the drive, it does things in the background when your system is idle.

 

[wfn217]

genomon,

Will the external hard drive go into the sleep mode if the Smartware is not installed?

wfn633

 

[genomon]

I got frustrated with the software's CPU usage so I uninstalled it. If I recall there may be a help file associated with it if you are still using it. I just manually back up things and move files, then shut it off when I'm not using it.