Windows 10: How can I prevent my HDDs spinning up randomly?

I am trying to have my HDDs stay spun down when not in use. Unfortunately Windows 11 keeps waking them up, even when the computer is idle. OS is Windows 11 Pro x64, fully updated, nothing else installed.Settings: HDDs power down after 5 minutes in the Power Saving power plan.Things I have tried:The following registry settings:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorPort]"TelemetryPerformanceEnabled"=dword:00000000"TelemetryErrorDataEnabled"=dword:00000000"TelemetryDeviceHealthEnabled"=dword:00000000"LogControlEnable"=qword:00000000Disable Recycle Bin on all affected

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Prevent sleeping HDD from waking up?

The HDDScan command to put a HDD to sleep is what can be used within revoSleep to work around the problem that you described in your post:

This has also been explained on the same page I linked in my 1st reply:

• Every time a hard disk is sent to sleep or woken up, the batch file 'beforeSleep.bat' or 'afterSleep.bat' is executed. (Please check the given batch files in revoSleep program directory for more information).

• You can also specify command line parameters to send individual hard disks to sleep or to wake them up (just run 'revoSleep -h' in the CLI for more information).

So, if revoSleep couldn't get a HDD to sleep again, then editing the beforeSleep.bat file should help you fix that problem. But now you say it fails with preventing them from spinning up, so I am a bit confused.

 

unlock hdd

Hi Johan,

It is possible that your
HDD was unreadable
causing the error message to appear. We recommend that you perform these troubleshooting steps and check if there are any changes:

• 
  Shutdown
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Unhooked
  the
  HDD
  and
  turn on
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Reconnect
  your
  HDD
  and
  restart
  your
  PC.
  

If the issue persists, we suggest that you contact your
laptop/computer's manufacturer
for further assistance.

Update us on how it goes.

Regards.

 

How to prevent a secondary HDD from spinning down?

Did you try this?

Prevent Hard Disk from going to Sleep in Windows 11/10

Steps:

1. Search power & sleep settings in Cortana, open the settings window.
   
2. Click Additional power settings
   
3. Click on Change plan settings for the current plan
   
4. Click Change advanced power settings
   
5. Hard disk > Turn off hard disk after, change it to 0 to disable