On 3/22/19, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri 22 Mar 2019 at 14:00:24 (-0400), deb wrote: >> >> Just a reminder -- the bulk of mine are Seagate Backup Plus (1-5TB. >> USB 3.0). >> On Windows, when you dismount (Safely Remove) these >> the light goes off. > > I've never seen the light go off until it spins down (those that do).
You're reminding me of something I read and have now mostly forgotten. It was something about today's hard drives being *maybe* "intelligent". On some (presumably newer) hardware, there are one or more BIOS settings that affect how hard drives function. A quickly attempted search landed the potentially useful phrases of "sleep mode" and "HDD standby". Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *