External HDD still power cycling while console is in instant-on. We're going close to two...

I personally don't seem them patching it in my opinion,

The main reason I see it powering the HDD while in instant on is so it will read the data with out having to power up the HDD everytime.

With the power saving mode it will give the HDD time to cycle up so the information can be read by the time the console gets to the menu screen

You can turn off the external HDDs when the console is off by going to settings>power & startup>power & startup mode and stopping the HDD drive staying on when console is off.

If your console is in instant on and set to keep all games and apps up to date this means that the HDD will power up/stay on to download whilst off.

Do you have an external HDD connected to the console?

Have you power cycled your network hardware?

Try this ... Turn off the console and remove the power cable and the external HDD, if you have one attached.

Power cycle your network hardware and wait till its functional (green lights) before restoring power to the console and turn on.

Removing the external HDD is to eliminate a potential fault giving this i/o error.

Let us know if this helped

That's actually not true that Instant-On downloads are always slow. I'm downloading most of my content while in Instant-On and it takes just couple of hours to fully download big games.

That being said, I encountered the same issue that MrBungle06 is talking about after I purchased external HDD and set it as default. In Instant-On it barely downloads anything and I have no idea why.

Can I ask you, what external HDD are you exactly using? Myself, I'm using HGST Touro S 1TB 7200RPM. It works perfectly when I play games installed on it, and also speeds of transferring data between internal and external drives seem fine, and installing
games from discs or downloading while the console is fully powered on is nice and smooth, it's just messed up when it goes into Instant-On.

I can tell the HDD is spinning while in Instant-On, but maybe, I don't know, it's getting less power or something?

Hi there

I tried that power cycle it didn't work my external he'd still coming on then off. I even tried putting it in the other usb port on back of console still does same thing in both usb ports. Now my external hdd won't go off it's staying on even when console
off