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licim6662019-12-29 18:30:17
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licim666, 2019-12-29 18:30:17

How to make it so that safe removal, de-energize external HDDs?

In Windows XP, when clicking on the "safely remove device" external HDD was de-energized, while remaining connected to the system unit. But with the advent of Windows 7 (I did not use Windows Vista, so please excuse me if it was the first, and not the seven), the drives do not turn off until they are completely disconnected from the computer. Confirmation of this is a burning activity indicator and a rotating disk inside the hard drive.
Is it possible to configure Windows 10 so that when safely removed, the external HDD is de-energized, while remaining connected to the system. block?

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Viktor, 2019-12-29
@nehrung

Of course, I am not the author of the software stuffing of controllers for external HDDs and flash drives, but I am 99.9% sure that the glow of the indicators and the rotation of the disks in these devices are controlled by software. Of course, the power supply is also involved in this matter, but as a condition, and not as the final cause.
It is also not a fact that the power supply of USB plugs can be controlled programmatically (from drivers). Here my confidence is 100%, because when repairing motherboards, I saw that the power lines of the nearby USB ports were stupidly paralleled. So, if such an option existed, then preparing the safe removal of one device, we would deprive the power of the neighboring one. And this is nonsense.

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Artem @Jump, 2020-12-30
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How to make it so that safe removal, de-energize external HDDs?
No way.
Safe removal has nothing to do with powering the device.

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Konstantin Tsvetkov, 2020-12-30
@tsklab

I remember well how the external HDD was de-energized
This means that this disk was disconnected by command from the Windows XP driver, but is not compatible with older versions of Windows. Drives are disabled, not the USB channel. Internal drives can also be turned off (in Windows 10 this happens by default) and this does not mean that the power supply turns off the channel.

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