External hard drive not shutting down

InhumanArcher42 · Oct 3, 2023

Have external hard drive it used to shut off when I powered my console off but now it stays on no matter what i just now started having this issue I have a external hard drive that has rbg on the front everytime I turnd my xbox off the lights shut off which I guess mean the drive went into a sleep mode but now the thing won't turn off I pick it up and I still feel it spinning In there. There is also a setting in the toolkit that says "sleep with display" which powers it off whenever you turn off said display but even with that on nothing changes it stays on.

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InhumanArcher42

Sorry that's what I probably meant for it to enter enter a sleep mode. That being said any idea why it changed? It was perfectly fine a week ago but today I had to unplug everything form my xbox not sure if that caused anything I plugged it into my laptop to check the toolkit for it and the setting for it to sleep with display was turnd on so really not sure whats going on.

ngocphi

Well because it's not supposed to

You don't want a hdd to shut down you want it to wind down to sleep

A sudden shut off would send the head crashing against the platters which is a big no no also why consoles warn you about sudden shutdown and data loss

You can cause physical damage to the platters

External hdds are self.powered they dont rely on host devices this is a safety feature not to mention you are only talking about 5watt per hour

You need to run it for months before you see a cent on your hydro bill

Your microwave or freezer or tv runs more power idle in an hour then a full console in a month on idle

Fyi there is a reason for it

When you click min om your microwave or "on" on your tv they both turn on instantly

Because they maintain power to receive the signal

If you want completely off

First power down your console and wait for the external hdd to spin down completely

Then unplug the cord

External hdds don't idle down like computers do until the host ia off and because they are self powered they don't turn off just idle

If you really really want a drive that turns off on demand

You need to limit yourself to less rhen 500gigs as most drives require dc power

Anything under 500 usually uses USB 3 -5 war power

WhiteyBlack2

i think you're hard drive is dead try add other hard drive

XBF Javier R

Hello FlexedBird3

It might be best to try the Hard Drive on a PC/Laptop device.

Also, try following this Troubleshoot external storage detection on Xbox One article.

Let us know if this works for you!

XBF Jeremy Z

Hello,
FlexedBird3

Thank you for contacting Forum support!

If the issue still continues even after the steps above try this please!

How to reset your console to factory defaults on Xbox One

Do a Soft reset: Keep games and apps!

Please let me know if that works!

Thank you!

External hard drive not shutting down