While I never had a problem with my external BIAB USB Drive being erased, it did frequently disappear. I often would unplug it, and plug it back in and then it would show up. As this was annoying, I finally got around to figuring out what the problem was.

As it turns out the problem is in the power & sleep settings on Windows 10. There is a setting in the "advanced" settings for USB - USB Selective Suspend. What this setting does is shut down USB devices when the computer goes to sleep. When this happens, Windows can lose track of your USB external hard drive. Just set it to disabled and the problem goes away.

Jeff


BIAB 2019 for Windows Audiophile - user since 2011