control second harddisk

[HiHaHo]

Hello

I recently upgraded my mbp with a new SSD and later replaced the optical drive with the old HDD.

Now I wonder if I can control the HDD, which only serves as additional storage.

Is there a way to separately start the HDD, or shut it down while the SDD which runs the systems keeps running? I don't use it too often and the noise it makes annoys me, knowing that the SSD on its own is super quite.

Thanks for any help and advice

 

[chscag]

No, both are on or off. And you can't put one drive to sleep without doing the same with the other. I don't understand what you mean by the noise the HDD is making? If the drive is not being used, it shouldn't be making noise unless it's defective.

 

[pigoo3]

An internal laptop HD should be almost silent. If it's making noise (enough to be annoying)…then something doesn't sound right.

- Nick