Been over everything, no joy. Only solution has been to just unplug the stupid thing from the back of the computer. My pc now boots in 2 secs like it used to. I'll just plug the drive into the front...

It is set to 'general items'.
I'm thinking I may end up just unplugging it from the back of the PC and leaving it unplugged. And just plug it in the USB on the front when needed. That's what 'they'...

I see. I did remove the drive from the boot list, but booting still waits for it to spin up, and it is slow, far slower than the 2Tb Seagate's. Which is why I'm wondering if it's slow because of the...

I've had 2 x Seagate 2Tb external drives plugged in for some time with zero issue. I've now added a WD 8Tb external drive, and now there is a lag of 5 to 10 seconds before Windows boots, while the...