I just came across an article regarding the technology use by Western Digital Harddisk - intellipark. This technique will shorten the life of the harddisk use by linux. The solution is:-
1. Use HP format tool to format a usb drive .
2. Format it toinclude dos. So it can be boot from the usb drive.
3. Download wdidle3 from this link. Click Here!
4. Copy the file wdidle3.exe to the the usb drive.
5. Start the machine and go to BIOS.
6. Set the Disk controller to IDE mode.
7. Boot from usb disk.
8. From the command prompt, type wdidle3.exe /r to check Load/Unload Cycle Count, LCC.
9. type: wdidle3.exe /S300 toset the time to 5 minutes.
10. Done.
