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4thSpace Author

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Should I sleep HD and monitor?

I have a program that will shut down if the computer goes to sleep. My energy settings are:

Turn display off after 1hr

- Prevent computer from sleeping auto when the display is off (I'm not sure this makes any since if I have the monitor turning off after 1hr?)

- Put hard disks to sleep when possible

- Wake for network access

- Enable Power Nap

At night, I lock the screen so the monitor isn't affected right (same as sleep)?

I have an SD HD. Is there any reason to put the HD to sleep?

I'm trying to figure out if I need to put anything to sleep so the program above will remain open. I can always set the screensaver (for when I'm gone).