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    External Hard Drives Ignoring "Turn off Hard Disk After" Setting – Mixed Results on Win 10/11

    I have two laptops (Windows 10) and a mini-PC (Windows 11) with external USB hard drives connected. The "Turn off hard disk after" setting is set to 10 minutes on all devices, but the drives turn off at different times on each machine. One shuts off around 2 minutes, another at 3, another at 6...
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    • device management energy settings external storage hard drive shutdown hardware issues mini-pc operating systems performance issues power settings rdp sessions sleep timer system configuration system updates troubleshooting usb hard drives user experience version differences windows 10 windows 11
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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