Disk idle timeout

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Specifies the period of inactivity before the disk is automatically powered down.

Aliases and setting visibility

  • Windows provisioning: Common\Power\Policy\Settings\Disk\IdleTimeout

  • PowerCfg: DISKIDLE

  • GUID: 6738e2c4-e8a5-4a42-b16a-e040e769756e

  • Hidden setting: Yes

Values

The value denotes the number of seconds.

Minimum value

0 (Never idle off the disk)

Maximum value

Maximum integer

Applies to

Available in Windows Vista and later versions of Windows.