Turn Off the hard disk (plugged in)

This policy setting specifies the period of inactivity before Windows turns off the hard disk.If you enable this policy setting you must provide a value in seconds indicating how much idle time should elapse before Windows turns off the hard disk.If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can see and change this setting.

Policy path: 

System\Power Management\Hard Disk Settings

Scope: 

Machine

Supported on: 

At least Windows Vista

Registry settings: 

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\6738E2C4-E8A5-4A42-B16A-E040E769756E!ACSettingIndex

Filename: 

Power.admx

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