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    Is start/stop better than just letting the drive stay on?

    Windows 7 64-bit I have an internal HDD that I use as a backup, so it is not used very often. I am using Hard Drive Sentinal to control the APM settings for the drive, so I can allow it to go into standby. Even though the drive is newly formatted and empty (haven't got my backup setup yet)...
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    Software for Power Management of HDDs? Working with backup HDD

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    Software for Power Management of HDDs? Working with backup HDD

    Just got my new system up and running. My system drive is a 256 gb SSD, and I have two internal 3TB HDDs...one data and one backup. I also have an external 2TB USB HDD that I will use as a backup (albeit, less frequently than the internal backup). Because of the SSD, the power management for...
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    Problem Ejecting USB and SATA HDD with nothing accessing them

    I have an external USB 3.0 HDD as well as an internal SATA 3 HDD. I am unable to eject (ie "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media") either the drives because I get the error: I have checked the processes using the Resource Monitor and Process Explorer, and I am not seeing anything at all...
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    Computer powers on by itself. BIOS Setting? (P8Z77-V Pro)

    We have a solution thanks to the guys over at ASUS. "ErP Ready" mode must be enabled under the APM Configuration in the BIOS. This solved the problem for me. When the machine shuts down with the Wifi adapter enabled, the Wifi LED will go off (instead of staying on like before). As far as...
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    Computer powers on by itself. BIOS Setting? (P8Z77-V Pro)

    Here is my full spec, though I was having this issue with just the bare minimal hardware (mobo, memory, cpu, sdd) Case Corsair Carbide 500R Motherboard ASUS P8Z77-V Pro CPU Intel i7-3770K (stock, not OC, yet) Cooler Stock for now, currently RMAing a Corsair H100i Memory - DDR3 G.SKILL...