I want Vista to ignore external HDD

Sir Crow

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Aug 21, 2013
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Yes, I'm still stuck with Windows Vista (64-bit). (Allowing for laughter to die down....)
I'm sick of Windows waking (spinning up) my WD external hard drive every several minutes (or so it seems). Is there a way to make Vista ignore that disk unless I specifically call on it? Please help. Thanks.

Joe J.