A few minor niggles with Win7

stabiz · 06-27-10, 04:47 AM

1. My hard drives still spin down and "sleep" even though I turn off the power saving thingy, this is annoying when trying to use one of the lazy bastards and it has to go "oy ... ok I am coming".

2. File transfer between internal hard drives and external ones, there is a pause at the end. In XP it just went swoop! over, but in Win7 it goes just as fast in the beginning, but as I say at the end there is a lenghty pause for approx 5-10 seconds. ANNOYING

Anyone?

Lord_magerius · 06-27-10, 04:53 AM

Don't use windows 7...

Seriously though, I have no idea

Arclight · 06-27-10, 06:39 AM

About the power-saving; did you just set the "put the computer to sleep" option, or dig deeper?

If you select "change advanced power settings", you'll get more specific options, including a timer for harddrives.

Don't kow about the drive, maybe it's trying to verify integrity or something.

stabiz · 06-28-10, 07:30 AM

Thanks, arc, didnt see those advanced settings. Hope it stops turning of hard drives now.

Arclight · 06-28-10, 02:34 PM

Kinda hard to spot, they hide those little links all over the place. Can be tricky to find something, compared to XP.

stabiz · 06-28-10, 03:28 PM

So far so good!

FIREWALL · 07-02-10, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stabiz

So far so good!

stabiz & Arclight

You both will probably save someone else a headache with this.

06-27-10, 04:47 AM	#1
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	A few minor niggles with Win7 1. My hard drives still spin down and "sleep" even though I turn off the power saving thingy, this is annoying when trying to use one of the lazy bastards and it has to go "oy ... ok I am coming". 2. File transfer between internal hard drives and external ones, there is a pause at the end. In XP it just went swoop! over, but in Win7 it goes just as fast in the beginning, but as I say at the end there is a lenghty pause for approx 5-10 seconds. ANNOYING Anyone? __________________

06-27-10, 04:53 AM	#2
Lord_magerius Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Right by the hydrophone station Posts: 724 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	Don't use windows 7... Seriously though, I have no idea __________________

06-27-10, 06:39 AM	#3
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	About the power-saving; did you just set the "put the computer to sleep" option, or dig deeper? If you select "change advanced power settings", you'll get more specific options, including a timer for harddrives. Don't kow about the drive, maybe it's trying to verify integrity or something. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

06-28-10, 07:30 AM	#4
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Thanks, arc, didnt see those advanced settings. Hope it stops turning of hard drives now. __________________

06-28-10, 02:34 PM	#5
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Kinda hard to spot, they hide those little links all over the place. Can be tricky to find something, compared to XP. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

06-28-10, 03:28 PM	#6
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	So far so good! __________________