Disk idle timeout

Specifies the period of inactivity before the disk is automatically powered down.

Aliases and setting visibility

• Windows provisioning: Common\Power\Policy\Settings\Disk\IdleTimeout

• PowerCfg: DISKIDLE

• GUID: 6738e2c4-e8a5-4a42-b16a-e040e769756e

• Hidden setting: Yes

Values

The value denotes the number of seconds.

Minimum value	0 (Never idle off the disk)
Maximum value	Maximum integer

Applies to

Available in Windows Vista and later versions of Windows.