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12-08-2007, 09:31 AM
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How Prevent Windows XP from spinning up unused USB HDD ?
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How Prevent Windows XP from spinning up unused USB HDD ? Thanks !
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12-08-2007, 11:02 AM
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Re: How Prevent Windows XP from spinning up unused USB HDD ?
Unplug it.
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12-08-2007, 12:24 PM
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Re: How Prevent Windows XP from spinning up unused USB HDD ?
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12-08-2007, 09:09 PM
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Re: How Prevent Windows XP from spinning up unused USB HDD ?
JEJE lets me explain better
I have 2 use external drives BUT i used from time to time in session beacuse i have my samples from reason and other virtual intruments samples there. So when im working in a session i noticed that one or the order usb drive start to seek something or scanning itself and my PC slow down a little ... So i can prevent that? What setting ? Is this normal ? Thanks !
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12-08-2007, 09:37 PM
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Re: How Prevent Windows XP from spinning up unused USB HDD ?
You might want to make sure that you have Drive Indexing turned off on both the USB drives.
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12-09-2007, 09:51 AM
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Re: How Prevent Windows XP from spinning up unused USB HDD ?
The indexing is turned off on both drives !
Thanks !
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