[Ham-Computers] Hard drive "parking"

[Dan Violette]

Drives auto park (head moves off disk) now when the power is turned off.
You cannot turn off drive without turning off power to it.  Dan KI6X 

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[mailto:ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave 'Doc' Corio
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 6:20 PM
To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Ham-Computers] Hard drive "parking"

    I have a second hard drive in my system used as storage and backup. 
I'm not crazy about having this drive spinning constantly, when it is used
for only a short time each day or two. I recall in the "old days" 
that there was a DOS command that allowed "parking" a drive either when not
in use or for transporting. Is there a simple way to turn a drive "off"
until it's needed, or is this even a good idea these days?

Tnx es 73
Dave
KB3MOW

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