Elements HD when idke

[Musicianmagic]

I have several 16TB WD Elements Desktop External Drives connected to TV media players. The media players don’t seem to disable USB even when those players are turned off. So most of the day & night the drives are blinking on & off every 1 second in standby tho occasionally spinning up on their own.

Is this bad for the longevity of the hard drives? Is it better to unplug the drives when not being used? And can I just literally unplug as it’s difficult to reach the switch on the back of these drives.

[cat0w]

@Musicianmagic
Have you looked at this information to see if it helps? Use the link below.
WD Elements Portable | Western Digital Product Support

[Musicianmagic]

Yes. Of course. It doesn’t address ANY of my questions.

[cat0w]

@Musicianmagic

Look at this and try the WD Live Chat link under Support to see if you can get help.

16TB WD Elements Desktop HDD Storage | WD