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[tkolsto]

Hi! I am trying to post this here since I am going to reinstall windows and JRiver 29.  I really want Windows 11. But my disk keep spinning up. As from what I understand this is made worse in 11 than in 10. So if there is no fix for this I am going for the Windows 10. I have this pc in my livingrom so this drives me crazy(it is not that loud but one can hear it all the time.

I bet there are many that have 11 here on this forum. please share if you have a fix for this.

I have done the powersetting plan adjustments and set it to 1 minute for disk. this does not fix it and I can not find a guide or how to do for windows 11 only windows 10 (and in the comment section on these videos they say windows 11 is even worse fixing)

[JimH]

I don't know of any disk spinup problem with MC on Win10 or Win11.

Maybe you need to configure Windows Defender.  There's a thread on it on this board.  Don't use any other antivirus.

Do a Google search on the problem you have.

[Awesome Donkey]

Personally I'd either set the sleep time for disks to like 20 or so minutes or just get a hard drive that's rated for 24/7 use (like a hard drive that's meant for a NAS) and disable sleep for disks. I have mine in Windows 11 set to 60 minutes, but I also use Seagate IronWolf drives that are rated for 24/7 use too.

If you set the disk time to sleep to one minute in Windows and you have Media Center running, especially with auto-import enabled, it'll keep waking the disks when auto-import runs.

[tkolsto]

Awesome Donkey ..Thanks a lot. I did not know about JRiver Media Center enabled that this would turn them on. I have set the disk at 1 minute in power settings, but it still spinning.

Jim, I have googled it and it is a problem or at least mine spinn up, a intense airsound low but anoying. I found a youtube video for win 10. I will try that. I do not use media center but I will do the defender config. I recon it is the exclude procedure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kcjlGTRaxs

[tkolsto]

There are no activity on the disks. they just make this isshh!! intense but low sound and it is annoying and it is coming from the disks. I have double checked this and opened up the cabinet.I can not remember this noise from the disk(s) on windows 10.