The “Power off hard disk drive after” function in the power options allows users to turn off the hard disk drive (HDD) after a specified period of inactivity. Automatically turning off hard drives after idle can help conserve power and extend the life of your PC’s battery. Today we’re going to take a look at how to change the setting to turn off hard drives after idle in Windows 10.
Change the option to turn off hard drives after idle in system settings
1.Open “Power Supply”: one of the ways – in the search bar or in the “Run” menu (Win + R) enter the command powercfg.cpl and press the Enter key.
2.Next to the selected power plan, click on “Set up power plan”.
5. Click on “Change advanced power settings”.
6. Click on “Hard disk” => ”Disconnect hard disk after” => select after how long of inactivity to disconnect the hard disk and click on “OK”.
Change the option to disconnect hard drives after idle at the command line
1. Open a command prompt.
2. Type the command and replace the idle time in seconds with the desired one, then press Enter.
from battery: powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 6738e2c4-e8a5-4a42-b16a-e040e769756e seconds
from the network: powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 6738e2c4-e8a5-4a42-b16a-e040e769756e seconds
That’s all for today, if you know other ways – write in the comments! Good luck ?
