Mac Book Pro HD spinning without end

No matter what Prefs are selected in Energy Saver, my HD is constantly spinning.
Machine is 1 year old.

Hellstan wrote:
I don't feel comfortable with a mechanical part constantly and unnecessarily spinning.
Actually it's safer spinning all the time at a constant speed than spinning up and down all the time, this places great stress and saves little energy if you have to replace the drive more often.
One shouldn't be moving a computer with a spinning hard drive regardless, so let it spin.

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