That would be the normal state of events, but since the OS may 'touch' the drive occasinally it may not happen that often. Just turn it off (after properly stopping it).
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 7:18 PM, rlsimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I back up my stuff to an external USB HDD ...it comes on with the computer > ...is there a way to tell windows xp home sp3 to spin that drive down when > not in use? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
