turn of harddisk

[darkflames]

i currently have 2 hard drives connect to my computer, 1 is a 200gb sata hdd and the other is a 40gb ide hdd. Now the 40gb hdd is quite old and is a little lound when its on, and i just use it to store some files that i might use later instead of my 200gb hard drive. I was wondering is there any way i can make the 40gb hdd go to sleep after lets say 5min of inactivity while my 200gb one is still running. Is this possible to do?

 

[MixManSC]

Depends on your operating system but XP should have a setting for that in power options in the control panel or you can also get to it from the power link on the screensaver menu.

 

[darkflames]

i can see it says turn of harddisks but i really want it so it just turns of one of them not both of them, and if it does help, im using windows xp professional.

 

[smartins]

From what I've seen with my system, each hard drive will be turned off based on it's individual idle time.

For example, I have 6 hard drives and each will turn off independently, except my OS drive that is always on.