Hello people, I have this WD Caviar Green 500GB (WDC WD5000AADS-00M2B0) drive for almost 2-3 years and it’s still kicking. The most annoying feature is the standby when the drive is not in use. I have on my drive ( as most people do) backed up copies of movies, photos and other stuff, and this stand…

Look around for a tool called WDIDLE3. It’s officially UNSUPPORTED, but will do what you’re asking. It will only go to sleep when the OS idles the drive.

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WD Green standby fix?

WD Internal Drives Desktop & Mobile Drives

MilkHauler December 10, 2012, 2:31am 9

You should be able to disable the HDD from going to sleep under power options in the control panel.

Just noticed issue was taken care of, never mind.