While I'm waiting for a power supply to come for my Linux Mint PC I've been using my Win 11 PC. I'm not a fan of Windows or MSFT but that's another story. This PC has an SSD with the OS and programs on it and two HDDs with pictures, music, data, etc. I'm not about to replace them with SSD drives, please make note of that in the replies. I have power management set to turn those drives off after 20 minutes, which it does. If I decide to access those drives when they're powered off there's a delay when they come up to speed which can freeze the system. It has done this since new w/Win 10 and with various HDD's, and various time settings, so the hard drives aren't bad. Other than using more electricity, is there any downside to let them spin all the time? Or do I just deal with it? Event viewer shows no problems. I have the same setup in the Linux machine with no problems at all, even when I un-mount the HDDs and then access them. TIA