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command to spin down hard drive?

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hahher

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is there a command to spin down a single hard drive?

i have 2 hdd, one or both are making a high pitch noise once in a while, and i'm trying to figure out which one.

it's only once in a while, so unplugging the extra drive doesn't help

i'm on winxp
 
As I recall, PARK would park the drive heads PRIOR to spin down, but that was always controlled by power off.

Power Management in XP can power down drives, but not individually.

What you need is a switch. But, there is always a risk of powering down a drive (IDE) while the computer is running. If you installed your two drives in mobile racks, they have independent on/off switches, but I would be very wary of turning one off in mid-stream.
 
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