Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oops. I misspoke. My hubs are self-powered. They each have an individual power plug. The disks are connected to the computer through self-powered usb strips that have 15 ports each. I don't have any separate disk manager that I know of. This problem of the external drives going to sleep is very common and is discussed on all of the Windows forums. Nobody has come up with a solution that works yet. I'm going to have to go back to W7, I guess but I'll wait until I have a week free to do it!! Tina On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Peter. My hubs are not self-powered. I guess that's the > problem. I'll order a self-powered hub and see if that fixes the problem > > Thanks! > > Tina > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> > wrote: > >> Tina, >> >> Can I ask a really silly question, please? Are you sure that it is W10 >> that >> turns off the disks and not some other s/w or h/w? Could it be perhaps a >> disk >> manager (separate from W10) that you run? >> >> How are your disks connected to your W10 machine? >> >> I have a number of (USB) disks connected to W10 and they don't spin down >> unless >> I specifically turn them off. They all access the W10 box via a set of >> hubs. W10 >> doesn't attempt to control the hubs or the disks. Actually it can't >> because the >> hubs - and most of the disks - are self-powered and don't draw power via >> the >> machine. W10 knows that the hubs exist; it can tell me that what devices >> are >> connected through the hubs, but it has no control over power-up and down. >> >> My solution would be to ensure that the hubs are self powered and that >> the disks >> are drawing power from the hubs and not from the W10 box. >> >> Happy to take this off-line if you want to. >> >> Regards, >> >> Peter >> >> On 28/09/2016 16:25, Tina Manley wrote: >> > Yes, that was one of the fixes suggested by the Windows forums, but it >> > doesn't work. I've tried setting it to never turn off and all various >> > times but nothing works. Mine is My Custom Plan instead of Balanced and >> > right now I have it set to never turn off - still does, though. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Tina >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:21 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Try going into Control Panel > Power Options >> >> >> >> You are probably on 'Balanced'? >> >> >> >> Click on 'Change plan settings" >> >> >> >> Then "Changed advanced power settings" >> >> >> >> On my test machine it is set to turn off Hard disk after 20 >> minutes....... >> >> >> >> john >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> >> >> I am past the allowed time to switch back to Windows 7 easily. I could >> >> download it and reinstall it, but that would mean reinstalling all of >> my >> >> programs. The thought of that makes me very tired :-( >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Tina >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:12 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Don't use Windows 10? >> >>> >> >>> ;-) john >> >>> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.fr at leica-users.org] On >> >>> Behalf Of Tina Manley >> >>> Sent: Wednesday, 28 September 2016 5:08 p.m. >> >>> To: MUGers at yahoogroups.com; Leica Users Group; paw; seephoto; >> >>> Olympus >> >>> Camera Discussion >> >>> Subject: [Leica] Windows 10 Annoyance >> >>> >> >>> PESO: >> >>> >> >>> I am having a terrible problem with Windows 10. All of my hard drives >> >>> go to sleep after less than 5 minutes if I am not accessing them >> >> constantly. >> >>> Since I have 12 external drives set up with all of my photos on them, >> >>> this is an extreme annoyance. >> >>> >> >>> I have read all of the supposed fixes proposed on all of the Windows >> >>> sites and forums and none of them work. >> >>> >> >>> Do any of the geniuses here have any ideas? >> >>> >> >>> TIA >> >>> >> >>> Tina >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Tina Manley >> >>> www.tinamanley.com >> >>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com >> >>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- >> >>> 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> >> =========================================================== >> Dr Peter Dzwig >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html