“Why does my hard drive keep flashing/blinking a white light? Is this normal? I think it's a waste of power.”

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• The white light blinks constantly. Even if the computer is in sleep mode. Why? Don't exactly know but it's probably for fast access. If you're on battery just unplug it.

  Answered by islandman89 7 years ago

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• The blinking light is normal and indicates activity, as it led, power drain is negligible.

  Answered by dyoung513 7 years ago

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• It's to show that the drive is connected. It's totally normal, most hard drives do this

  Answered by CopeDrums 7 years ago

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• Mine has done this since I bought it.

  Answered by TerriS 7 years ago

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• Blinking light is a default behavior as long as drive is connected to a powered on machine. If it is annoying, specially in night, as it did to me, you can disable it using settings in 'Discovery for Mac' software which comes with your WD Passport. Thanks.

  Answered by NeerajAggarwal 5 years ago

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• This is normal, although my drive flashes blue - This merely shows that drive is active -

  Answered by Wheels 7 years ago

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