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Idle3-tools provides a linux/unix utility that can disable, get and
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set the value of the infamous idle3 timer found on recent Western
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Digital Hard Disk Drives.
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It can be used as an alternative to the official wdidle3.exe proprietary
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utility, without the need to reboot in a DOS environement.
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A power off/on cycle of the drive will still be mandatory for new
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settings to be taken into account.
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Modern Western Digital "Green" Drives include the Intellipark feature
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that stops the disk when not in use. Unfortunately, the default timer
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setting is not perfect on linux/unix systems, including many NAS,
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and leads to a dramatic increase of the Load Cycle Count value (SMART
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attribute #193).
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Idle3-tools is an independant project, unrelated in any way to
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Western Digital Corp.
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WARNING: THIS SOFTWARE IS EXPERIMENTAL AND NOT WELL TESTED. IT
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ACCESSES LOW LEVEL INFORMATION OF YOUR HARDDRIVE. USE AT YOUR OWN
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RISK.
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