New old Hard Drive

[mdnblaster]

My old computer's power supply blew up so I put the old HD in as a slave in the 'new' computer. The problem is the old HD randomly starts up and shuts downs (whirring noises) and it slows down the whole works for a bit. Is there a way to control or limit this since the old HD is now only a backup?

 

[biostud]

Only if you keep it spinning at all time, it's controlled under power management.

 

[mdnblaster]

So there is no way to have just this specific drive hibernate?