“because it has *never* stopped finishing”
I have 1xWD Elements 2TB, and a 1TB My Book plugged into the USB ports.
A 300 GB computer share, and a Samsung Story 1.5 Tb USB share from my PC.
When I do a full restart, it compiles it all in a couple of minutes, then when I select All storage/ Network Share, it takes another minute or so to compile that.
No wonder its sluggish, as Im guessing you are going in and out of folders when it is still trying to compile, and if you are having to pull the cord, this is not good for anything either, especially if its still trying to read what’s on your drive.
I don’t know exactly what is happening, but try and connect your USB drive to a PC and fix and defrag if reqd.
I would then do a factory reset, Power down, then connect the USB drive and see where you stand.
