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Spin down mode is very important for home use since accesses in an home environment is actually very small. This prolongs the life of the drive and save power too. This would eliminate all the PC based solutions.
You can configure Windows to spin down drives as part of the power saver settings.
It still may not be the best option out there based on other issues, but the spin-down option on the drives is available.