- Does standby mode also switch off hard discs?
- Posted by Mike on September 24th, 2005
Does standby mode also switch off hard discs, does anyone know please?
- Posted by Richard Urban [MVP] on September 24th, 2005
Yes it does. The object behind standby is power saving. The hard drives use
a great deal of power. If it didn't switch them off, it wouldn't be much
good at it's job.
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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you think you know,
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"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Does standby mode also switch off hard discs, does anyone know please?
- Posted by Mike on September 24th, 2005
Then what is the point of the 'turn off hard discs' option in the power
settings - isn't this the same as standby - and if not would you want to turn
the hard discs off without going into standby? Or is standby merely a
combination of turning off monitor + turning off hard discs?
"Richard Urban [MVP]" wrote:
> Yes it does. The object behind standby is power saving. The hard drives use
> a great deal of power. If it didn't switch them off, it wouldn't be much
> good at it's job.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from: George Ankner
> "If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>
> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2275ECCC-E8B2-48D0-A167-D408613B6D1D@microsoft.com...
> > Does standby mode also switch off hard discs, does anyone know please?
>
>
>
- Posted by Richard Urban [MVP] on September 24th, 2005
You have a good point. I would "never" want to turn off the drives unless I
went into standby, but then - I am using a desktop computer. Maybe a laptop
owner would.
--
Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:40B0483D-2F40-4F39-9332-2953CE2AC773@microsoft.com...
> Then what is the point of the 'turn off hard discs' option in the power
> settings - isn't this the same as standby - and if not would you want to
> turn
> the hard discs off without going into standby? Or is standby merely a
> combination of turning off monitor + turning off hard discs?
>
> "Richard Urban [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Yes it does. The object behind standby is power saving. The hard drives
>> use
>> a great deal of power. If it didn't switch them off, it wouldn't be much
>> good at it's job.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> Quote from: George Ankner
>> "If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>>
>> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2275ECCC-E8B2-48D0-A167-D408613B6D1D@microsoft.com...
>> > Does standby mode also switch off hard discs, does anyone know please?
>>
>>
>>
