I got a 1TB NVMe SSD for my notebook because the hard drive is just too loud for me. If I set under Windows that the hard drives should be switched off after 1 minute, this happens sometimes and sometimes not. If the hard disk actually turns off after a minute, it is on again a few minutes later. Have already tried RevoSleep and HotSwap! And and and. So Google was already good and used a lot, but I'm slowly at the end. HotSwap! Ejects the HDD but it continues to spin happily. RevoSleep does… Yes, somehow nothing at all. If Windows has the option to switch off a disk, it has to be done manually in some way or not?
In an emergency, I have to invest again. Then a 2TB 2.5 "SSD.
You could completely disable the swap space
I put it on the SSD manually. And I'm dependent on that too (Star Citizen)
What does the 1 TB SSD have to do with your noise problem?!
You don't need any miracle tools to automatically switch off the hard drive when it is inactive; with which you only screw up your Windows installation. Windows can do this from home, and you set it in the energy options (details of the energy saving plan).
If the disk starts up again, something has accessed it on your PC. No software can prevent that.
And what do you want with Star Citizen - this is a money-raising project that will not be finished anyway. A fish that floats in the water with its belly up. Better get Elite: Dangerous, that's done and works.
An M.2 NVMe is available as a system drive and there's no program-relevant data on the hard disk. The hard drive is only used as a data grave for infrequent access. That's why it bothers me when I watch surfing or watching videos in the evening. I have already tried a batch script that can turn the disks on and off via Diskpart, but nothing happens. The battery life also suffers somewhat if the hard drive is constantly running.
In theory, bugs in the firmware of the hard disk are also conceivable; You can check with the manufacturer if there's a firmware upgrade. Otherwise, the Windows energy saving plan is the way of choice. If you set that Windows hard drives should switch off after 5 minutes of inactivity (or after whatever time) and then this does not happen, then you can assume that you have something on the computer that is accessing the disk. The virus scanner maybe or some other background program. Maybe a ransomware that is currently encrypting all of your files and will get back to you shortly.
