WD 8 second load cycle count

CountMike said:

I have 2 WD Blue HDDs, 1 and 2TB and they don't do that, they are always on. That, being a laptop I would look at HP's utilities and power saving options, it may be overriding other settings.

Don't have any HP utilities. Have you looked at your load cycle counts in SMART?

CountMike said:

Nothing out of ordinary but it's also easy to notice if they are cycling. There's noticeable delay when accessing them if they are stopped.

I know what you mean but I'm not noticing that. Just a little click after 8 seconds of idle disk activity. I can't hear any spinning up/down. I'm not the only one reporting this, there are endless threads/blogs etc on the internet. (appreciate your replies BTW, just seems there is no solution!)

CountMike said:

Could be only heads parking without actual shutdown. As I said before, could be just some HP's function.

Seems to be, although WD describe it as a power saving feature but as I said before, my main concern was that SMART will report it as exceeded its design life in 6 to 12 months.

CountMike said:

If that's the case, it should not impact it's longevity but it can be annoying.

Not sure I agree with that, if it is designed for 300000 cycles and SMART reports that being exceeded in 6 months. WD don't seem to want to comment on a public forum, if the warranty is void, if you exceed it's stated design specifications. Thanks again.

Layback Bear said:

If the external drives are only used on occasion, like backups and such, just unplug them when not in use.

Jack

It's my only drive (internal) in a new HP laptop !