I am running a Windows 10 system in which I have a multi terabyte HDD for storage (Brand new 4TB Western Digital Black). Although this drive is obnoxiously loud even when idle.
I have set the Windows spin down time for all drives to 15 minutes and this is functioning fine, but randomly through out the day/night it will spin back up for no reason that I can see.
I have even went as far as using mountvol with the /p switch to unmount the drive totally, but I still notice the drive spin up once in a while even when unmounted.
Is there a way to see what is causing the drive to come back from idle and/or a way to make the drive permanently stay in a idle non-rotating state unless specifically used? I would of imagined that unmounting the drive would cause Windows to not be able to access it, but some how it is still spinning up.
I've been working on a solution for close to a month and it is almost coming down to purchasing a external SATA cradle with a dedicated on/off switch to cut power from the drive to make it stay quiet.
Thanks.
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