Windows 10: File explorer stalls when opening due to external USB HDD

Discus and support File explorer stalls when opening due to external USB HDD in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I have a couple of external USB HDD's connected to my PC. One in particular, a WD MyBook, seems to cause Windows File Explorer to hang temporarily when... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Mister_Cairo, Sep 27, 2020.

  1. File explorer stalls when opening due to external USB HDD


    I have a couple of external USB HDD's connected to my PC. One in particular, a WD MyBook, seems to cause Windows File Explorer to hang temporarily when opened, even if I'm not accessing the USB drive. WIN+E opens WFE to My Computer, but it hangs until the USB drive spins up. Any way to prevent this behaviour? Why is the drive spinning up at all when I'm not trying to access it?

    TIA!

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    /u/Mister_Cairo, Sep 27, 2020
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  2. Zero Ice Win User

    Windows Explorer crashes whenever I open my external HDD or thumb drive in explorer..

    Windows Explorer crashes whenever I open my external HDD or thumb drive in explorer..

    So, I open up My Computer, open my F Drive and boom: "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and must close". It is really annoying! I am fine everywhere else in explorer, but something just screws up when I try the external HDD (USB) or my thumb drive.

    Can anyone help?
     
    Zero Ice, Sep 27, 2020
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  3. External USB hdd not seen in Explorer

    I have had a Seagate external USB 3.0 hdd connected to my computer for about a year. The computer has always had Win 10 on it. I went to use the computer the other day and I could hear the ding sound of the hdd being disconnected and then reconnected
    about every 30 min. I was not doing anything with it. I noticed that it is no longer listed in my File Explorer as a drive. I checked Dev Man and it shows the drive there under Disc Drives and under USB Controllers. When I hear the ding of a USB device
    being disconnected it disappears from Dev Man. I have tried another USB cable and got the same thing. I can feel the drive spinning up when it is connected. The light on the drive flashes for a min and then stays on solid like it is supposed to. I just
    cant see it as a drive in File Explorer. Any help is appreciated.
     
    OrangeCrusher, Sep 27, 2020
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  4. File explorer stalls when opening due to external USB HDD

    Windows Explorer has try to restart whenever I open my external HDD or thumb drive in

    Windows Explorer has try to restart whenever I open my external HDD or thumb drive in explorer
     
    landaksparky, Sep 27, 2020
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