Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have 2 non-system SATA HDDs which
are not mapped to a dir and normally kept 'offline' on my
Windows 7 OS. Even this way they spin up from time to time,
including but not limited to windows update times.  It's easy on
Linux but, what is the best way to spin down a HDD on demand
using as small 3rd party software as possible on Windows? Or
even, is there a 3rd party software allowing this?
share|improve this question I've voted up the question because
I'd love to know the answer too. Since you have a (good)
tendency to answer your own questions, I'll keep this one
favourited. –  Randolph West Nov 25 '10 at 5:33 Have you tried
going into Device Manager, Disk Drives, right clicking and
disabling the individual drives? –  Robert Kerr Nov 29 '10 at
13:00 Strange, I barely leave any comment with no replies, and
I'm nearly sure I did reply to all comments in this question.
Are my comments lost or what? –  SuperDuck Dec 26 '13 at 8:34
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