How to automatically turn off hard drive when not used?
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This part from Put HDDs in standby after X minutes using hdparm doesn't work might help:
Is AHCI enabled in your BIOS? If not try turning it on and re-trying.
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Augustine Sefa over 1 year
I have a noisy hard drive I rarely use and want to silent. I would like to put it in sleep mode after some time (20 sec) when it's not mounted on the system.
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gnome-disksutility shows a "standby timeout" option:
The hard drive never gets to sleep automatically; I can manually put it to sleep/wake it up with the gear menu:
Why does my drive doesn't automatically go to sleep? How can I make it go to sleep automatically after no activity?
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andy256 over 8 yearsSince you think that answer applies, the question should be flagged as a duplicate. -
pauladrien over 8 years@andy256 However, I think that's the only part that helps. I don't think any of the other stuff helps.
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Pilot6 over 8 yearsWhile this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. - From Review -
pauladrien over 8 years@Pilot6 Isn't that what I did?
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pauladrien over 8 years@Pilot6 Isn't that what I did?
