I have problem that everytime windows does security auditing it will start up all my idle HDDs every half hour so for me right now would be better to unplug them than trying to keep them idle.
the only storage I found you can turn the security audit off for is removable. Not internal.
If you have win 10 Pro you might be able to stop it via Group Policy but once again, I am not sure. You might want to ask on https://www.tenforums.com/ as that is where I go if I am not sure of an answer.
the drive will stay idle if it doesn't have any single file but if there is even one mp4 video it will start spinning up every about hour and process monitor sysinternals only shows security auditing.
Actually that only happens when i open File explorer and doesn't spin up the drive but i wonder is it possible to make exception in security auditing for the drive i just hold pictures/videos or make it happen only when i try to access it
the only storage I found you can turn the security audit off for is removable. Not internal.
If you have win 10 Pro you might be able to stop it via Group Policy but once again, I am not sure. You might want to ask on https://www.tenforums.com/ as that is where I go if I am not sure of an answer.