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Eject HDD in Windows 10 behavior

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The platters should power down and the read head should move into its park position. This should be part of the disks internal programming, I doubt the case has any influence on this.

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As said, the case will not affect the ejecting. 

Sometimes the platters stay spinning after the head parks, though, depending on how the drive recieves an eject signal. Some drives spin the platters as long as they are recieving power, others cut power to the spindle motor upon recieving an eject signal. You can test this for yourself. If they stay spinning, disconnect power and wait a few seconds to move the drives so as not to cause damage. 

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Some people say that after ejecting the 2.5" HDD + USB 3.0 case in Windows 10, the read heads continue to operate at this point. In my case, I noticed that the LED on the case was on after ejecting.

 

How many seconds after ejecting in Windows 10 for the heads to autopark?

 

Does the USB3.0 enclosure case cause a delay in ejecting in Windows 10 and in parking the 2.5" HDD?

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50 minutes ago, cloudff7 said:

How many seconds after ejecting in Windows 10 for the heads to autopark?

 

Does the USB3.0 enclosure case cause a delay in ejecting in Windows 10 and in parking the 2.5" HDD?

You'd need to contact the manufacturer of the drive and enclosure to guarantee an accurate answer for these questions. All we can tell you is what should happen. What actually happens depends on the drive and enclosure being used.

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The only information I got from Western Digital is that the HGST HTS541010A99E662 and Western Digital WD10JPVX-08JC3T5 models from 2013 have Auto-Parking and Ramp load technology
but I couldn't contact Orico for the 25PW1 and Kesu 2530 case for information on a possible delay for the HDD to activate parking mode and information on why the LED remains on after ejecting in Windows 10

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You can put your ear to the drive and listen for yourself.

 

First listen for drive head parking/platter spin down due to no activity, then listen for the same noises when you click eject, they should have the exact same sounds. 
 

If a head parking sound exists when you successfully eject a drive, the USB SATA bridge is relaying the shutdown command to the drive properly and the drive will shut down in a logically and physically safe manner. 

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ejecting in Windows 10, is there a command for the 2.5" HDD + USB 3.0 case to enter parking mode?

Some people report that after ejecting in Windows 10, the 2.5" HDD + USB 3.0 case remains operational. Does this indicate a defect and not a parking zone for the read and write heads?

After ejecting in Windows 10, the case LED is on but not flashing, what does that mean?

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