Question about serial ATA hard drives

barinax

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Can anyone tell me if Serial ATA drives "spin up" and "spin down" like an IDE drive or are they always spinning like a SCSI drive?

Thanks,

Tony
 

gaviota

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I think that depends more on the power settings of your BIOS or your OS, not on the drive interface.

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