Hi! On 12/08/2012 20:20, compdoc wrote: > Which model of 3TB WD is it? Green? WDBAAU0030HBK-EESN It's a WD Elements Desktop drive... and... yes... Green... WD has a utility to control spindown / stop of drives... for Windows... and it's old. Maybe there is a similar tool for Linux... one where I can tell the disk "DON'T". :) Gilles