Re: Can a USB-only Seagate portable drive be turned off when not n

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Seeing how it's a USB drive leave it off until your system is booted all the
way, then plug it in.

I don't have the boot up problem you have,

( There is a switch, but whenever I turn it off and back on, my BIOS(Intel)
makes it the default hard drive to boot from.)

but I do have a Maxtor 320gb external drive I use to store my music etc.
files on. The drive might not get turned on for a couple of days. When I need
it, I plug it in, after I'm up and running.

Works ok for me. Only thing makes me nervous about it helping you is that
bootup issue.



"Will Pittenger" wrote:

Huh? I know that. I don't turn the drive off with the switch primarily
so I don't have to do that every time I start the computer.

LVTravel wrote:
You then need to go into the bios and change the boot order
from USB first to Hard drive first boot device. Put the CD
drive next and USB last. To enter BIOS you would press a
key or combination of keys (normally displayed on the
desktop soon after turning on the computer) when the
manufacturer's flash screen or bios display screen first
starts.


"Will Pittenger" <no-spam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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There is a switch, but whenever I turn it off and back on,
my BIOS (Intel) makes it the default hard drive to boot
from. I don't have a bootable partition on there and even
if I did, I already found out that booting from there is
not supported due to the cylinder count.

LVTravel wrote:
Normally XP can not turn off USB drives unless the
manufacturer of the drive (check Seagate's web site)
includes a specific driver for that purpose. The only
thing you can try is to go to Power Options in Control
Panel and set the Hard disks to turn off after a period
of inactivity. Probably won't turn off the USB ones but
it is worth a try.


Is there a switch on the drive, if so uninstall it with
the Safely Remove Hardware device and then turn it off
with the switch. It will reinstall when turned back on.

If no switch, uninstall it and then unplug it.


"Will Pittenger" <no-spam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a USB Seagate portable drive with 120 GB. Can
Windows XP SP2 turn it off when it isn't in use? At
least when the computer is hibernating would help. This
computer is in my bedroom and it is helping keep me
awake at night.
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