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how do external hard drives shut down?

May 17, 2006 8:30AM PDT

i have an external had that i "made" (i got a nexstar 2 enclosure and a 60gb seagate drive) i was actually wondering how the drive spins down. when i am done using it i click the safely remove button and remove the usb cable then unplug and power off the drive. does the drive spin down when you "safely remove" the drive? or does it matter?

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Hard to find a correct answer.
May 17, 2006 8:35AM PDT

Some do, some don't which will make answering how a little tough, but "how?" is that the software on the drive recieved a spindown command.

Bob

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Brings back memories. . .
May 17, 2006 10:24PM PDT

Do you remember the "headpark" command?

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I use that one every night.
May 17, 2006 10:43PM PDT

I wake up feeling so much better.

Bob