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Non-WD Drives shall only show the model and serial numbers. My humble suggestion would be for each user to search for the specific drive model in the WDC website and carefully follow the instructions posted there for instance, for the WD utility. Make sure to choose FAT as the format. Certainly fdisk-like programs running under DOS are examples of problematic tools when talking about this limitation. All my Mac Pro HD bays are full with rpm drives. Hello all i have come into possession of a few Green Drives from Western Digital and would like to change the the idle time to 5 minutes as recommended by some people.

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This wdidls3 not destroy the data on the drives. Share this post Link to post. Product Pricing Community Blog. To remedy the situation, you can adjust the autopark timer from the default 8 sec up to a maximum of seconds 5 minutes.

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This site uses cookies zpi content and advertising personalization, and to analyze traffic. Sign In Sign Up. It's in the attachment. And again, always have a current backup or 2 regardless. You can also do another wdidle3.

For instance, if the S. In the path type c: Well no luck with Western Digital but I found wdidle3 V1.

This is the only izp that worked for me Copy the folder wdidle3 folder to c: Don't worry and give it some time.

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Together with the big sizes, the "4Kn Advanced Format" drives might be also a matter for consideration; not specifically for the idle3 value, but perhaps for correct identification, additional tests DLGpartitioning, formatting It's a real boon to the community!

You will then be presented with a blue screen with menu items.

I've tried several times Learn more about cookies in our privacy policy. Boot off the CD. The user should carefully read and use the arguments so to specifically target the intended HDD s only.

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I have however used them for some specific external case uses such as my compact Ministack case where ziip running, less fan noise, etc.

Certainly fdisk-like programs running under DOS are examples of problematic tools when talking about this limitation. Along with that, WD thought it would be a great feature to build a timer in their firmware to autopark the heads after 8 seconds so to reduce energy.

For many that use these drives in a NAS, other external USB storage or even a desktop, this was not such a great idea. If your drive supports wdtler Dwidle3 supported with the newest green drives like my WD20EARS that's the new 4k sector 'advanced format' model you can also copy it to the dossapps and execute this as well.

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Upload or insert images from URL. T features, so to be able to reliably read the LCC value. Posted October 27, From there, you can use the following commands: The only drawback I can see about disabling the function is power consumption increases slightly during normal day to day activity.

Here's a link to the posting: I keep a number of the WD 4TB drives on-hand as spares, so the testbed is easy enough to set up.