Sleep Mode does not power down hard disk

Michelle

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12-27-2007

'Sleep' mode always used to power down my hard disk. All of a sudden it
doesn't anymore. Is this an update? I have looked through the power options
(I think) exhaustively. I can't find anything that changes what 'Sleep'
does. Can I change it?

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