WD Drive Utilities Help

Setting the drive sleep timer

The drive sleep timer turns off power to your drive after a certain period of inactivity to conserve power and minimize long-term wear on the drive.

Note: The sleep timer function is not available for RAID-enabled WD dual-drive storage devices.

To set the drive sleep timer:

  1. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, select the one that you want to set.
  2. Click Sleep Timer to display the Sleep Timer dialog.
  3. On the Sleep Timer dialog:
    1. In the Sleep Timer box, select the inactivity period for turning off the drive.
    2. Click Set Timer.

 

See also: