Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, I'll look into it some more and see if I can find another reason. Peter On 28/09/2016 22:11, Tina Manley wrote: > 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 >> >> >> > > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig