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    prevent My Book from going to sleep

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by zoidbergslo, Sep 27, 2007.

  1. zoidbergslo

    zoidbergslo Notebook Guru

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    Hello

    I bought Western Digital My Book Premium external hard drive few weeks ago and it works great except for one thing. When drive is not in use (about 15-20 minutes) it goes to sleep (stops spinning). This is very annoying because when I want something from drive or just open explorer it has to spin up and that takes some time (ok not much). Is there a way to prevent this from happening.

    Thanks
     
    zoidbergslo, Sep 27, 2007
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    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    try to find settings in the device manager for the drive itself or the interface you are using that prevents it from turning the drive off to save power
     
    SideSwipe, Sep 27, 2007
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    zoidbergslo Notebook Guru

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    I found nothing in device manger or in any off the software that came with the drive. Changes in Power Options don't change anything either. I'm using Win XP BTW.
     
    zoidbergslo, Sep 28, 2007
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    tphilly1984 Notebook Evangelist

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    the problem I have been having with my MyBook is that when i turn it on it says that there is a power surge on the USB port and then i have to disconnect it. How can i use it now?
     
    tphilly1984, Sep 28, 2007
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  5. zoidbergslo

    zoidbergslo Notebook Guru

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    have you tried connecting it with firewire
     
    zoidbergslo, Sep 29, 2007
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