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External hard disk standby disable Windows 10/11  (USB, eSATA)?


If the external hard drive is always shut down very quickly, it will always take a little eternity for the disc to respond.



Many users ask about external hard drives ... and the freeware DontSleep!

Please press the key combination [Win Logo] + [R] , then simply enter the command
control.exe /name Microsoft.PowerOptions! 

or open Windows 10 or 11 Control Panel,  in the search box  type text power plan and click Edit power plan.

(Image-1) Power plan change HDD SSD standby!
Power plan change HDD SSD standby!

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Now change in current power plan settings the advanced power settings (... see Image-2)

(Image-2) Windows-10 Change advanced power plan settings!
Windows-10 Change advanced power plan settings!

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Disable hard disks and USB  (... see Image-3)

(Image-3) Disable hard disk and usb standby in Windows-10!
Disable hard disk and usb standby in Windows-10!

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Updated on: 2 September 2022 14:55 Windows
Keywords: windows, 10, system, external, hard, disk, standby, disable, esata, drive, always, shut, down, usb, usb3


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