No "Sleep" Mode?

Portable Drives My Passport
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So, I have just purchased a new a WD Elements Portable Drive, 3TB and noticed that it doesn’t go into “sleep” mode like my other drives do.

I have other branded drive which I got a few years ago and they always goes into sleep mode after a few minutes, heck even USB sticks do, but this WD drive doesn’t seem to do that. It just keeps powered and keeps spinning pretty much forever. Even when I had it plugged into my Bluray player, I put the player into sleep and the drive was still powered and running even when I checked on it an hour later.

Is there any way I can change this? Because it isn’t ideal. Not only for the life of the drive, but also because I have to unplug it whenever I’m done using it. Unlike my other drives which I could just leave plugged in and it’ll put itself to sleep. I would prefer if this done the same. Seems to be some setting within the drive itself, I dunno.

Starting to regret my purchase a little lol.

It’s a WDBU6 model number, if I’m reading the right thing.

Thanks.

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HI

There is no such settings to make the drive sleep.

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Explain why my Toshiba drive turns itself off when it isn’t in use… Different type of drive or something?

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I’m with SL1DE. MY WD “MY BOOK” has a sleep function. It is the “Utilities” app ver.1.3.2.2 . It does not work though. Drive just runs and runs. I can now hear it spinning! Probably not long for this world. To bad!