Review on 18 TB External HDD Western Digital WD Elements Desktop, USB 3.0, black by Makoto Sato ᠌

It surprises me that the disk works even when the laptop does not access it. That is, the laptop can be asleep or even turned off, but the disk can start up and work quite audibly (especially at night). You have to turn on the power supply from the outlet so that it does not start unnecessarily. Since simply turning off or sleeping the computer is not enough for this. Even if you remove the disk from the system, this does not guarantee that it will not start up and will not begin to rustle pancakes quietly)