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ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition / WD20EARS HDD's
Hi, I need to upgrade my toaster from a 6x750GB R6 to 6x2TB R6, and am considering using the WD20EARS HDD's as they are the cheapest and seem to get good reviews. Per the HCL they appear to be s...
When you get your drive, search these forums for the FULL model number (the stuff including after the EARS... most likely that will narrow down your search.
Still too lazy to find my posts.. but basically, I created a bootable floppy from Windows, copied WDIDLE3.EXE to it ( I believe from here: http://support.wdc.com/product/download ... 09&sid=113 ) and booted from it.
I did one drive at a time, and turned off the idle timer by setting it to its max... or disabling it, I can't remember which.
I'm pretty sure I did
WDIDLE3.EXE /S300
but I might have done:
WDIDLE3.EXE /D
Just run WDIDLE3.EXE /R to see what the drive is set at currently, and check it after you toggle it. You basically just want to turn it off.
Still too lazy to find my posts.. but basically, I created a bootable floppy from Windows, copied WDIDLE3.EXE to it ( I believe from here: http://support.wdc.com/product/download ... 09&sid=113 ) and booted from it.
I did one drive at a time, and turned off the idle timer by setting it to its max... or disabling it, I can't remember which.
I'm pretty sure I did
WDIDLE3.EXE /S300
but I might have done:
WDIDLE3.EXE /D
Just run WDIDLE3.EXE /R to see what the drive is set at currently, and check it after you toggle it. You basically just want to turn it off.
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