Re: HDD Issue

Am Mittwoch, 09. Februar 2022, um 17:31:12 Uhr schrieb
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> I have a 10+ year old Dell that came with about 960 GB HDD. I have
> since added about 240 GB Kingston SSD to serve as C: and D: , and a
> about 500 GB external SSD to handle all the stuff that was on the 960
> HDD . The 960 HDD now serves no usefull purpose, yet continues to fire
> up at various odd times. How can I stop this ? I don't see anything in
> the BIOS. Running good old and well behaved Windows 7 BTW.

In most cases HDD spin up if they get power. If you don't need the disk
at all disconnect the SATA power connector.
Some disks (not all) offer a jumper to change the behavior how the spin
up. They then only spin up if they are requested by a special ATA call
IIRC.
The main reason for that is that the accumulated inrush currency for
many disks is too high, so they can spin up one after the other.
I have an Excelstor J640 that supports that.

PS: Windows 7 is insecure if you don't have ESU.
Maybe think about upgrading to Win 8.1 or Linux.