KeepAliveHD is a simple program which prevents your hard drive to go into automatic standby mode. It works by writing a small text file to your external drive every few minutes.
Prevent Disk Sleep AlternativesPrevent Sleep Mode Apps like Prevent Disk Sleep
Prevent Disk Sleep is described as 'Your machine's hard disks enter into sleep mode during periods of inactivity to allow for system life-extending operations such as disk cooling. Prevent Disk Sleep circumvents sleep mode enabling quick disk response to any file operations even in the event of an extended' and is a prevent sleep mode app in the os & utilities category. There are 2 alternatives to Prevent Disk Sleep for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best Prevent Disk Sleep alternative is KeepAliveHD, which is both free and Open Source.
