Hello guys,
I hope everyone is doing well.
I have a Sony Vaio that I use to share my hard drives' contents over my home network. I used to run Windows 7 on it with no problems. However, ever since I installed Windows 8.1, I've been having troubles with the external hard drives that are connected via the USB 3 port. After leaving my laptop idle for about 15-20 minutes, the hard drives disconnect. Whenever I want to access them, there is 5-10 seconds delay for the HDD's to fire up. I feel like there is a setting in Windows 8.1 that lets external devices sleep after a while if they're not used to save power.
I have USB Selective Suspend disabled.
Any suggestion will do.
Thank you
I hope everyone is doing well.
I have a Sony Vaio that I use to share my hard drives' contents over my home network. I used to run Windows 7 on it with no problems. However, ever since I installed Windows 8.1, I've been having troubles with the external hard drives that are connected via the USB 3 port. After leaving my laptop idle for about 15-20 minutes, the hard drives disconnect. Whenever I want to access them, there is 5-10 seconds delay for the HDD's to fire up. I feel like there is a setting in Windows 8.1 that lets external devices sleep after a while if they're not used to save power.
I have USB Selective Suspend disabled.
Any suggestion will do.
Thank you
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Apple Macbook Air