WD My Passport HDD - 4 TB, being Trimmed on W10. Why?

Hello everybody…

I’m having this problem, only with the WD 4TB external drive in a USB 3.0 port -

Any ideas? My Seagate Ultra Slim 2TB does not exhibit this behavior.

TIA :exploding_head:

Is a WD Engineer available? :tired_face:

Hi all -

Escalated case to “Level 3” Technical Support by Telephone.
Can someone else check to see if their 4 TB My Passport does the same thing?

Again, using Windows 10 Pro, USB 3.0 connect, running:

Defragment and Optimize Drives - native utility in Windows 10 Pro, Build 1803.

TIA,

:grin:

That “trimmed” message is coming from Windows optimization message. It likely has nothing to do with the WD drive being at fault. If I got that message, I would google to find out what Windows means by “trimmed”.

If your drive is an SSD, perhaps this link can give you a clue of what is happening:

Let WD Technical Support get back to me and I will respond. Thanks.

Solved the issue.

The cable that came with the drive was too short so I used a Monoprice USB 3.0 extension on it.
When removed the drive worked just fine, but the cable was still too short.

Bought a 3.3 foot cable from Cables-To-Go and that solved it.
Stay away from Monoprice!

:slight_smile: