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NoSleepHD

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Prevent hard drives from entering sleep mode by automatically creating empty text documents at a given time interval using this simple app. #HDD utility  #Auto-sleep mode  #Auto-sleep preventer  #Prevent  #Preventer  #Auto-sleep  

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NoSleepHD is a feather-light and portable utility that can be set to automatically write an empty text file every few minutes to prevent hard drives from entering sleep mode.

It comes loaded with some basic and practical options that don't need expert skills to figure out.

Since the entire program's wrapped in a single executable file, you can save it anywhere on the HDD and click it to launch NoSleepHD, as well as copy it to a pen drive to directly run it on any machine with minimum effort. Unlike most installers, this tool doesn't affect the Windows registry settings.

Packed in a simplistic interface made from a single window split into three panes, NoSleepHD is very easy to navigate. It lets you select up to five drives or folders to include in the scheduler, indicate the frequency for writing empty files (in minutes), as well as initialize the task with one click.

The secondary pane shows the current status of the connected drives, namely their letters, volume names, total size, free space, and type (e.g. fixed, CD-ROM, network).

Afterward, the plain text documents can be viewed in the respective drives / directories, and they are given the name of the app. Only one file is created in each location and sequentially updated, so you don't have to worry about cluttering the hard drive. Worth noting is that these files are not automatically deleted after exiting NoSleepHD, so you have to do this yourself.

During its runtime, the utility can be minimized to the system tray area, so it doesn't interrupt your regular PC activities. You can ask it to run at every Windows startup until further notice. There are no other notable options available here.

There were no stability issues in our evaluation, since this app didn't freeze, crash or show errors. Unsurprisingly, its impact on the PC's performance was barely noticeable.

Although it may seem like a rudimentary program, NoSleepHD offers a simple solution to keeping drives and folders awake by creating fake files.

What's new in NoSleepHD 2.0:

  • Monitor multiple drives at once.
  • User can disconnect hard drive(s) at anytime without stopping NoSleepHD.
  • Monitoring will resume automatically whenever the drive is connected again.
  • Even if ALL the monitored drives are NOT connected.
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NoSleepHD 2.0

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  runs on:
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  file size:
28 KB
  filename:
NoSleepHDv2.0 (Fixed).zip
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NoSleepHD - The app automatically writes an empty text file every few minutes to prevent hard drives from entering sleep modeNoSleepHD - The Info tab helps you get more information about the selected drives,l such as size, free space and type
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