Imaš Maxtorov program AMSET:
/off - Turns Acoustic Management off, the drive operates at normal acoustic levels
/quiet - Quietest seeks, the speed of the seek operation is reduced to its lowest level to provide the quietest operations, this level has the most impact on drive performance.
/fast - Fastest seeks, the speed of the seek operation is reduced to provide quieter operation with the least amount of impact on the drive performance.

S quiet možeš smanjiti buku, a možda i produljiti vijek trajanja trajanja diska, a pod cijenu pada performansi. Uz veliki buffer će to možda nešto značiti jedino kod malih ili fragmentiranih fileova.