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October 13, 2002 at 09:40 AM
gweb09

Turn off extra Hard Drives

by gweb09 . Updated 23 years, 11 months ago

I want to build a system with multiple hard drives but don’t want all of them to be running at all times. Is there a motherboard or software that allows you to turn off hard drives when not in use? The reason for this is threefold. Wear and tear, cut down on heat, and cut down on noise.My understanding is that a hard drive spins constantly even when not being accessed. Is this correct?
Thanks for the help and this site

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