Troubleshoot HDD used for storage keeps turning off

[Al-Faqir]

Briefly explain your current issue(s)

The HDD keeps turning off

Steps taken to resolve, but have been unsuccessful

Disabling automatic shutting down the HDD in power plan settings

Hello! I have recently upgraded my PC with SSD. Now I have Windows installed on the SSD. The problem is that I hear the HDD turns off randomly even though I have set the option to turn off the HDD to "never" in the power plan settings. Please note that the HDD shows Disk 0 and the SSD is Disk 1 when installing Windows.

 

[vtqhtr413]

Please note that the HDD shows Disk 0 and the SSD is Disk 1 when installing Windows.

That's probably the issue right there, in my experience, it's best to disconnect everything but the mouse and keyboard when doing an OS install, even wait to partition the drive until the OS is installed. You could continue as is but there will be imperfections like the one your speaking of

 

[Al-Faqir]

That's probably the issue right there, in my experience, it's best to disconnect everything but the mouse and keyboard when doing an OS install, even wait to partition the drive until the OS is installed. You could continue as is but there will be imperfections like the one your speaking of

I have disconnected the HDD and kept the SSD. Now doing a clean install and after I finish I’ll plug the HDD. Thanks

 

[vtqhtr413]

I have disconnected the HDD and kept the SSD. Now doing a clean install and after I finish I’ll plug the HDD. Thanks

Take your time, what matters most is that the OS is content, it's like the wife comparisons from @Umbra , don't fight it, drink the kool-aid :emoji_v:

 

[Local Host]

I just installed an SSD....on thing all my research says is that the drive with the operating system on it should be attached to drive 0 on the mother board.

This makes no difference, I've had multiple systems across multiple drives in the past and never had problems. This problem of the HDD D/C randomly, I only seen it once and was caused by a damaged PSU.

My guess is your PSU cannot take the extra load since you added the SSD to the system.

 

[vtqhtr413]

I've not read on this but I believe that a SSD power needs are minuscule, what is your knowledge of the matter ?

 

[vtqhtr413]

I just installed an SSD....on thing all my research says is that the drive with the operating system on it should be attached to drive 0 on the mother board.

Thats correct but you still must unplug periferals except mouse and keyboard or you may still encounter issues, follow MS lead mostly

 

[vtqhtr413]

Yes, if there are no other drives connected, that will be the default config, if you leave peripheral drives connected during installation, it's a coin flip as to what MS will do.

 

[Local Host]

I've not read on this but I believe that a SSD power needs are minuscule, what is your knowledge of the matter ?

Power consumption of an SSD goes around 5W, and can go as low as 3W. But in the end it doesn't matter if the PSU is overloaded by the rest of the Hardware.

As I said, I've seen this happen before and was caused by the PSU being damaged and not meeting the power requirements (and yes only the storage would turn on/off, the rest of the PC was working "fine").

Windows power saving features, won't cut off a drive power (as this would damage the drive), it hibernates it max.