TM just keeps trying to backup when disk is sleeping

I have a G-Tech backup disk that for some reason goes to sleep often. Whenever this occurs, the TM appl. trys to backup and just keeps running. When in this condition I have to turn off the backup drive hardware and turn it back on to get things working again. I don't have the box checked that would allow the OS to put the backup drive to sleep when idle, but the drive goest to sleep anyway.

WiseJD wrote:
I have a G-Tech backup disk that for some reason goes to sleep often. Whenever this occurs, the TM appl. trys to backup and just keeps running. When in this condition I have to turn off the backup drive hardware and turn it back on to get things working again. I don't have the box checked that would allow the OS to put the backup drive to sleep when idle, but the drive goest to sleep anyway.
Check the manual about sleeping. My LaCie has an auto position between off and on that allows it to sleep, but before TM starts a backup, the LaCie drive wakes up. Some drives may not have this option, in which case they have to run all the time which can shorten their life.
You might contact G-Tech to see if they have a solution for this problem. For some reason, the TM signal is not waking it up. It may be a simple firmware update for the G-Tech drive??

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