Hi folks,
Tried Googling this and searching these forums but not much has come up (other than a few XboxOne related posts).
Recently bought a new Segate 5TB Backup Plus drive - plugged it into my PC, started copying stuff over, it's working great.
HOWEVER, last night as I shut my computer down I noticed something strange - the drive stayed powered on. The activity light was a solid white colour and the drive seemed to be vibrating slightly (as if on or accessing). I thought maybe give it some time, went away for a few hours, and came back to find it in the exact same state.
Needless to say this has me worried - it appears the drive is just ALWAYS on while it's plugged in, even while the computer is off. Unlike my WD My Book drive which, thankfully, seems to be in sleep mode (while plugged in) and only "wakes up" when I access it. I suppose one solution would be to just unplug the USB cable (or power cable) when I don't need it, but that's kind of an annoying step - and absolutely shouldn't be necessary in this day and age for a mass storage-focused external drive.
I'm worried that the Seagate's life will be impacted by the fact that it's always on and humming / spinning. Or perhaps that's on purpose and a weird design feature and it will be fine?
Anyone have similar experiences? Advice?
Thanks in advance!
EDIT
Using Win 10
Tried Googling this and searching these forums but not much has come up (other than a few XboxOne related posts).
Recently bought a new Segate 5TB Backup Plus drive - plugged it into my PC, started copying stuff over, it's working great.
HOWEVER, last night as I shut my computer down I noticed something strange - the drive stayed powered on. The activity light was a solid white colour and the drive seemed to be vibrating slightly (as if on or accessing). I thought maybe give it some time, went away for a few hours, and came back to find it in the exact same state.
Needless to say this has me worried - it appears the drive is just ALWAYS on while it's plugged in, even while the computer is off. Unlike my WD My Book drive which, thankfully, seems to be in sleep mode (while plugged in) and only "wakes up" when I access it. I suppose one solution would be to just unplug the USB cable (or power cable) when I don't need it, but that's kind of an annoying step - and absolutely shouldn't be necessary in this day and age for a mass storage-focused external drive.
I'm worried that the Seagate's life will be impacted by the fact that it's always on and humming / spinning. Or perhaps that's on purpose and a weird design feature and it will be fine?
Anyone have similar experiences? Advice?
Thanks in advance!
EDIT
Using Win 10