Comments on: Toshiba 2.5″ HDD power management http://cpbotha.net/2003/11/30/toshiba-25-hdd-power-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toshiba-25-hdd-power-management voices in my head Tue, 01 May 2012 14:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Will http://cpbotha.net/2003/11/30/toshiba-25-hdd-power-management/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Will Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:51:34 +0000 http://cpbotha.net/?p=99#comment-180 This solution might take some trial and error to get right but it should work. All you need to do is tie a rubber-band to the harddrive's spindle core. That way it will wind up the rubber band and after a set timeout (determined by the temperature-torsion response curve of your rubber band) your hard drive will slow down, probably to a grinding halt. To get up and running again, simply release the rubber band. Do not let it unwind backwards though or all your mp3's might get played backwards at high speed. Good luck. This solution might take some trial and error to get right but it should work. All you need to do is tie a rubber-band to the harddrive’s spindle core. That way it will wind up the rubber band and after a set timeout (determined by the temperature-torsion response curve of your rubber band) your hard drive will slow down, probably to a grinding halt. To get up and running again, simply release the rubber band. Do not let it unwind backwards though or all your mp3′s might get played backwards at high speed.

Good luck.

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