[SOLVED] Any software to dissable SATA ports temporary?

[KatakuriChan]

Ex. Dissable SATA 1. Not in BIOS, but inside Windows.

 

[USAFRet]

Ex. Dissable SATA 1. Not in BIOS, but inside Windows.

I don't think so.
But why are you looking to do this?

 

[KatakuriChan]

I don't think so.
But why are you looking to do this?

I only need my mechanical drives when doing an edit. So think I can save their life by disabling.

 

[USAFRet]

I only need my mechanical drives when doing an edit. So thinking I can save their life by disabling.

If you're not actively writing to the drive, you're not diminishing its lifespan.

 

[KatakuriChan]

If you're not actively writing to the drive, you're not diminishing its lifespan.

Yes. But they start spining randomly when the antivirus kicks, opening explorer and etc.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes. But they start spining randomly when the antivirus kicks, opening explorer and etc.

Well, SSDs don't "spin".
And the AV is merely reading, not writing.

Consumer grade SSDs dying from too many write cycles is a long past consideration. Disabling it all the time will make no difference in its overall lifespan.


If you're really worried, you could get a physical switch, like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Switch-Module-Independent-Controller-Protection



But, its really not a problem.

 

[KatakuriChan]

Well, SSDs don't "spin".
And the AV is merely reading, not writing.

Consumer grade SSDs dying from too many write cycles is a long past consideration. Disabling it all the time will make no difference in its overall lifespan.


If you're really worried, you could get a physical switch, like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Switch-Module-Independent-Controller-Protection



But, its really not a problem.

I only need my mechanical drives when doing an edit. So think I can save their life by disabling.

Also most wearing happens when it starts spinning as far as I know. But thanks for the info.

 

[USAFRet]

Oh, I thought you meant disabling the SATA drives. Sorry, my misunderstanding.

Unless you have your HDDs actually "sleep", they are spinning anyway.