Hard drive spins up and down while sitting Idle

[Indybird]

Every time I go to sleep I leave my computer on. All night I cant hear my external hard drive spinning down the reinitializing and spinning back up.
Is there any way I can get it to not spin down?
This on and off spinning is getting very annoying.

Thanks,
Indybird

[doug91]

If it is Vista you can try changing around your power saving plan.
Go to Screen Saver->power plan-> change plan settings->advanced:
Make sure you have the computer turning off the HDD after a set time
Also, Enable the USB sleep feature.

that might do it.

[Indybird]

If it is Vista you can try changing around your power saving plan.
Go to Screen Saver->power plan-> change plan settings->advanced:
Make sure you have the computer turning off the HDD after a set time
Also, Enable the USB sleep feature.

that might do it.

The HDD options only change the internal HDD. Ill have to try the USB Sleep feature.

Thanks,
Indybird