[JimCaleb72]

Hi guys,

Is there any utility out there that will allow you to manually spin down a hard disk (like ACPI does)?

I have a file server that i don't always use, and the disk makes a pretty big racket, and generates heat. Default spindown is set to one hour, which is what i need when running things off it, but when I know I won't need it, i'd like to be able to VNC into it and manually shut down the disk.

I am running windows XP on it

[JimCaleb72]

Originally Posted by [Corporal Dan]

Hi guys,

Is there any utility out there that will allow you to manually spin down a hard disk (like ACPI does)?

I have a file server that i don't always use, and the disk makes a pretty big racket, and generates heat. Default spindown is set to one hour, which is what i need when running things off it, but when I know I won't need it, i'd like to be able to VNC into it and manually shut down the disk.

I am running windows XP on it

UTILITY FOUND!!!!!

Win32 version of hdparm.

hdparm.exe -y /dev/hda

puts a drive to sleep immediately!

http://hdparm-win32.dyndns.org/hdparm/