Ok I finally found a way to stop this spindown on Windows 8.1. It is not pretty or fun. First you install hdparm from
http://disablehddapm.blogspot.com/
But this does not give you a transparent solution. You then need to go to
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
And delete the hdparm entry
Then make the program run as administrator as explained in:
http://disablehddapm.blogspot.com/p/1.html
Now the problem is you need to execute this at startup with administrative privileges. Go To
When you create the task in Action and in Program/script you need to put “C:\Program Files (x86)\hdparm\hdparm.exe”
in Add arguments put -B 255 /dev/hda if the disk is the 0 drive. If it is the 1 drive you put
-B 255 /dev/hdb
After all of this put the icon that you made from the step above in
C:\Users_username_\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
And that will do it. If you email me I can send you complete instructions set up specifically for the WD drive.
I would also download
http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html
and install it. under Function → Advanced Features → AAM / APM control you will see what is going on with the disk and can enable disapbl apm there. The problem with this is that when you shutdown the WD disk goes back to original state.
