One easy way to reduce HDD temperatures is to allow your HDDs to power off if they are idle too long. Unpowered HDDs are cool HDDs.

In Windows 7, I look for this setting, and found in Power section (Balance), under Advance setting, there's one

-Turn off hard disk after:
--Setting: 20 minutes

Is this the one?

Thanks

That may not help , you may have to tweak with Hard Disk APM settings on how to slow it down. If its a data disk , probably you want to slow it down or tweak its settings. I forgot the name of the software

Seller willing to pay for rma cost
So after rma replacement im the first user lol

Still dangerous. I got burned once when I purchased a RMA'ed hard disk. Seller didn't pack it safe enough, Poslaju dropped it and I'm now trying to get it RMA'ed again. For mechanical HDDs I still suggest buying through shops as a safer option.

its a good choice but not wise if u on off too frequent.

I usually have a 2hours setting to turn off the entire PC, instead of just HDD only. 20mins is kinda too much, unless u know that once u leave for 20mins u wont come back for at least 2hours.

adding a case fan directly blow on it probably do much better result.

Took out my old LGA775 heatsink and placed on top of the hard disk and it did help to reduce the temperature by 1-2C . 1-2C means a lot for hard disk !

Yes. I normally set mine to sleep after 60 minutes, but that setting is for me. You can choose the behaviour that you want. But please understand that when HDDs are unpowered, it will take a short while to spin up before they are ready to be used when you access them, during which your system may be unresponsive. This may also include when shutting down Windows.

If you have very few data that you often read from your otherwise rarely used data HDDs, you may as well copy them over to your primary HDD if you have the space for it. Music for instance.

guys i need help...let me put this short..i got a hard disk,yesterday i decide to put a password on it..so as it was encrypting 28% my laptop battery run out,so laptop turned off..when i onn back my laptop and try to open my hard disk it requires me to put password so i did...but when i do that(when i click the button "unlock") it froze(not responding)..how do i fix it??help pls,got alots of important files in there.tq in advance

This post has been edited by life09: May 6 2012, 02:43 PM

What software did you use to encrypt it ?

what software?sorry im a bit noob when it comes to thse things..i didnt use any software..at my computer(my hd)i right click it and click"set password"..i think bitlock if im not mistaken

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Added on May 6, 2012, 4:05 pmhere's some details:
1)Using Windows 7.
2)WD passport.
3)Using my laptop(compaq cq40)while doing these password setup.
4)Laptop turned off when its encrypting(28%)

This post has been edited by life09: May 6 2012, 04:05 PM

Nope, i used WD own RMA service, usd7.50 then they will collect and send it back directly to me, but i told the problem to the seller he willing to cover this cost

The hdd price still crazy? I wonder how much longer need to wait, lastime can get 1tb below 200.

Sadly its gone , probably its partially corrupted. Its not a good idea for you to encrypt something while on battery source.

gone?!?!not that i want to encrypt..its a must procedure bfore i can setup my password..

This post has been edited by life09: May 6 2012, 09:28 PM

If you setup a password , its encrypting the data. Simple , now while its doing that , you decided to interrupt. It couldn't complete , now your drive can't be said encrypted nor fully decrypted. It has resulted in an unstable state

yeah i know my fault..not that i want to interrupt..i went down for awhile for some work thinking just a while,just realised that my battery can last only 30mins,as i was going back to my room to plug in AC it turned off>_<...so no hope? ..is there a way if i go to any pc work shop and get it repaired?

Not sure , you sure you have used BitLocker and not other things

The problem now is that even if we can recover the data probably its gibberish. However there are few recovery softwares you could try , you may able to recover data which are not encrypted yet. I am not sure of the chances because I have not attempted to recover files from an encrypted hard disk

Anyway the lesson is don't encrypt your hard disks , if you want to protect your files and stuff , consider encrypting the folder or just the files alone. Its way safer compared to doing this way

yeah bitlocker..gibberish?meaning that my files are messed up?i dont mind as long i can access my hard disk..someone recommend to try this seagate recover thingy..this https://services.seagate.com/diysoftware.aspx but i dont know wether its working or not..its scaning.Like i said,its a must procedure to encrypt if i want to set up a password,not that i want to encrypt it.So what do you recommend me to do now?Damn theres tons of stuff inside my hd ...btw i just realised i said hard disk..its my external hard disk actually

This post has been edited by life09: May 6 2012, 11:32 PM

Gibberish in sense the file does not make sense , its lost its identity. Its encrypted. You can't understand. Try with that recovery software and wait , if the disk is large it will take time. Just leave it overnight and pray it recovers something.

Always remember , when you want to protect or use bitlocker. Do a bit of research what it does and do not attempt such tasks on battery power.