HDD wont stop spinning

I have Windows 10 installed in the SSD, while I use the HDD as storage, there are just files there. I also set power to turn off HDD at 3 minutes if idle. The problem is that the HDD wont stop ever spinning.

In Windows 7 I had this same configuration and HDD stopped spinning properly at 3 minutes. I dont have any problem that is accessing the HDD, in fact i even have less programs now since I formatted a few days ago.

Indexing is also disabled in the HDD by default, its only enabled in the SSD.

Could you help me, please?

EDIT: I disabled the Windows Search service and also removed Cortana (SearchUI.exe) but the HDD wont stop spinning.

Hi, if you've specified in Indexing Options that Windows search should not index your HDD, it won't. (Cortana simply uses what's indexed - and only that- when searching for files and folders - it doesn't build a separate index of them).

One way to find out what if anything is accessing you HDD is to use Sysinternals Procmon (free, just search for it). This will capture every event as a lengthy list, which you can filter or scan for occurrences of a drive letter which applies to your HDD. Thus you can find which processes - if any- are using your drive.

I used the program OpenedFilesView and these are the files opened in the the HDD (D: drive), all by the system and I dont know why or how to make it to stop opening these files:

Code:

================================================== Filename          : tracking.log Full Path         : D:System Volume Information	racking.log Process Path      : C:Windowssystem32svchost.exe Process Name      : svchost.exe Process ID        : 352 ==================================================  ================================================== Filename          : $TxfLogContainer00000000000000000004 Full Path         : D:$Extend$RmMetadata$TxfLog$TxfLogContainer00000000000000000004 Process Path      :  Process Name      : System Process Process ID        : 4 ==================================================  ================================================== Filename          : $TxfLogContainer00000000000000000003 Full Path         : D:$Extend$RmMetadata$TxfLog$TxfLogContainer00000000000000000003 Process Path      :  Process Name      : System Process Process ID        : 4 ==================================================  ================================================== Filename          : $TxfLog.blf Full Path         : D:$Extend$RmMetadata$TxfLog$TxfLog.blf Process Path      :  Process Name      : System Process Process ID        : 4 ==================================================  ================================================== Filename          : $Txf:$I30:$INDEX_ALLOCATION Full Path         : D:$Extend$RmMetadata$Txf:$I30:$INDEX_ALLOCATION Process Path      :  Process Name      : System Process Process ID        : 4 ==================================================  ================================================== Filename          : $ObjId Full Path         : D:$Extend$ObjId Process Path      : C:Windowssystem32svchost.exe Process Name      : svchost.exe Process ID        : 352 ==================================================

I even tried to disable the HDD using the device manager and it wont stop spinning either. In this case the OpenedFilesView doesnt show any in D: but shows these files opened, which I have no idea what they are or if they are the problem:

Code:

================================================== Filename          : $Txf:$I30:$INDEX_ALLOCATION Full Path         : $Extend$RmMetadata$Txf:$I30:$INDEX_ALLOCATION Process Path      :  Process Name      : System Process Process ID        : 4 ==================================================  ================================================== Filename          : $TxfLog.blf Full Path         : $Extend$RmMetadata$TxfLog$TxfLog.blf Process Path      :  Process Name      : System Process Process ID        : 4 ==================================================  ================================================== Filename          : $TxfLogContainer00000000000000000001 Full Path         : $Extend$RmMetadata$TxfLog$TxfLogContainer00000000000000000001 Process Path      :  Process Name      : System Process Process ID        : 4 ==================================================  ================================================== Filename          : $TxfLogContainer00000000000000000002 Full Path         : $Extend$RmMetadata$TxfLog$TxfLogContainer00000000000000000002 Process Path      :  Process Name      : System Process Process ID        : 4 ==================================================  ================================================== Filename          : BCD Full Path         : BootBCD Process Path      :  Process Name      : System Process Process ID        : 4 ==================================================  ================================================== Filename          : BCD.LOG Full Path         : BootBCD.LOG Process Path      :  Process Name      : System Process Process ID        : 4 ==================================================