XBox One - why does external hard drive keep spinning?

elsmandino

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Hi there.

My son has a USB3 hard drive attached, which keeps spinning after the XBox has been shut down (i.e. the flashing light goes off).

You can hear the hard drive spinning and sometimes even activity (like it is perhaps being defragged).

Bit annoying as you sometimes have to wait until the hard drive does eventually goes off before turning the XBox off at the mains.

Is it safe to turn the XBox whilst this is happening or is there a way to get the hard drive to shut off at the same time?
 
Check your power settings in the console settings and make sure it's not set to 'sleep'
 

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