Xbox Series X constantly turns USB hard drive on and off when in standby (instant-on enabled)

I have the same issue with my WD. It stays on when my Xbox1 is in standby. I've been informed by WD that the drive will enter it's own state of standby and it'll be fine. It still bugs me however that it's on when my Xbox is in standby/instant on but I guess
it's either that or pull the USB every time I turn off my Xbox.

I'd be inclined to contact Seagate and ask them if it's sapping the life of the drive being constantly on.

Yes remote installations is enabled..

And yes it's set as my 'home' console..

BUT... now that i have the xbox turned on (not sitting on standby) it's showing in the list...

Shouldn't it be able to do it in standby with the instant on feature turned on?? That's the whole point of instant on isn't it? So it can download while 'turned off'

Does your external hard drive have a usb port as we as an external power supply or does the Usb power the hard drive itself? Secondly, is it set to instant on or power saving? There have been reports of problems with externally powered drives not getting
or hearing the go to sleep signal or signal which puts it into standby when console shuts down and therefore stays on. Some will go into standby but not power on again after console is powered back on. What drive are you using?

If the energy mode selected is Instant-on, it's normal to see the Standby on message

My Series X is turned off as well. (And my energy mode is Instant on)

So, you're good to go

Hi all, i recently noticed that the external hard drive attached to my console began whirring and going silent intermittently while the system is off. This has not been normal for my system and only began today. Anyone else notice this, and is it
a problem?

I have the SAME PROBLEM..I have the XBOX ONE X and a Western Digital 8TB USB/Adapter external hard drive..I always keep my xbox one x on instant on mode but everything is unchecked, like searching for updates, etc..so that it will NOT turn on I do it manually,
its checked off to turn off the xbox one when turned off, never had an issue til the recent update, when off the hard drive every few minutes will make a tick sound and a hum sound then turn off..every few min, thought it was the hard drive, reformatted it
yesterday, did the same darn thing, so I put the xbox one x into energy saving mode and guess what, PROBLEM SOLVED..but I cant stand energy save mode, so its something to do with this update and the hard drive with instant on mode, not sure what it is but
its VERY annoying wish someone could figure it out