How to Save Power When Using Two Hard Drives
- 1). Click the "Start" button, then click "Control Panel", and then click "Power Options".
- 2). Select the "Power Schemes" tab, and then under the "Plugged in" column, click the drop-down menu in the "Turn off hard disks:" row and select "After 5 mins".
- 3). Click the drop-down menu in the "Turn off hard disks:" row that is under the "Running on batteries" column, and select "After 3 mins".
- 4). Click the "Apply" button, then click the "OK" button and reboot the computer.
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