Switching to a 7200rpm drive -> constant spinning?

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Published on 2010-12-28T01:41:00Z Indexed on 2010/12/28 4:55 UTC
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Hej

Bytte nyligen HD 250GB till 640GB 7200rpm

nu har jag bara ca.5 tim battery tid ...

och HD snurrar hela tiden.

hur kan jag sova ner Hd efter t.ex. 5 minuter ?

Tack på förhand.

English Translation:

I recently switched from a 250GB to 640GB 7200rpm hard drive. Now I only have a 5hr battery life and the hard drive is spinning constantly. How can I spin down the hard drive for, for example, 5 minutes? Thanks in advance.

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