![]() ![]() Hence expected reduced boot time when having protection turned on, on this disk but seems not to be the case. ![]() Since I have a 2TB my book essential with password protection, I know that when protection is disabled the boot time is longer and is reduced with protection turned on. Set sleep timer to ‘never’ - sleep timer is the WD timer…not Windows.Īdditionaly even with password protection, Windows bootup time increases when disk is plugged in. The only two workarounds seem possible is,ĭisable password protection (wakes up perfectly fine and drive can be accessed) - defeats the purpose of protection Tried various scenarios, with WD Drive utilities and/or WD Drive security apps installed, with sleep timer changed to different times, but same behaviour. ![]() Find the uninitialized, unknown external hard drive with I/O device error > Right-click on it and select Initialize Disk. Press Win + R keys, type: diskmgmt.msc and hit Enter. When this has happened, the pc will not shutdown for a long time. Use Disk Management to fix not initialized error on an external hard drive Connect the uninitialized external hard drive to your PC. Once the drives goes to sleep mode and if accessed, the led blinks fast to show activity, but does not allow windows to open any data and windows explorer either hangs or reports an error. Just purchased a WD Passport Ultra 1TB disk and setup password protection, with the sleep timer left at the default (30mins). ![]()
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