Internal HDD spinning when XBOX is off?

Hey Erwee!

Is your console currently set to
instant on or energy saver mode? If it's in instant-on, try swapping to energy saver. You can also run your console through a

factory reset (while keeping games and apps) and see if that helps any.

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Yes that seems like a possibility, i will try it and post what the results are.

On a side note, every time i turn my xbox one off, the external hdd spins down aswell. But then after a few seconds, the external disk spins up again. Only to spin down, and as soon as it has done that, it spins back up again. And so on so on like 8-12 times
before it finally spins down and stays in that state.

Also i have noticed that the external hdd spins up at random times, when the XBO is turned off. So i have assumed that the XBO did have control over it, even when in low power mode.

Especially since my external hdd uses its own power supply (which rules out not enough power from the XBO in low power mode to run it.)

But as mentioned above, i will try it and post the results

This is intended. The HDD will remain available to the console for when it loads up again. Otherwise the Xbox One would have to spin up the HDD which would lead to possible delays depending on the HDD which is against the Instant On idea of everything being
available straight away.

The other solution rather than unplugging the HDD it to set your console to actually power off rather than sit in Instant On mode.

What part of the HDD being on is the problem for you? Can you hear it spinning? Is it flashing access light etc? I use a My Passport HDD and it runs silent but flashes the access light intermittently to show it is still on.

is the hdd powered off the usb or does it have a seperate power supply, some hdd's that run off usb get the click of death when they can't draw enough power to spin up. other than that i would suggest formatting the drive on the pc and seeing if it works
there first as a bit of troubleshooting.

Being able to swap out the internal HDD has its advantages over externals.

1) When you turn off the system the HDD turns off as well.

2) As long as it isnt fully encased. It runs cooler as the internal cooling system draws heat out and away from the hdd.

3) You get the choice of either keeping the cheap internal which comes with your system, or going solid state as well as size vs 500 - 1TB currently being offered.