As I said, I have the exact same drive as you, and am also running Windows 11, and Windows boots just fine with it connected. I've also never formatted/reformatted the drive. Also didn't require any BIOS tweaks. Just used it as is straight out of the box.Thanks to everyone who responded to my original post - I've read (and reread about 4 times) all of your responses. My external drive is the exact one pictured above by Dru2; both computers I've had the same issue with are Dell XPS desktops, one with Win-10 and the new one with Win-11; ....
Anyway, I just tested the 12TB WD My Book drive on my 2017 Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga X1 (Win 10), and it too booted with the drive connected. Again, no BIOS tweaking. Never even entered the BIOS. I then connected the drive to my 2013 Asus Zenbook laptop (Win 10), and it too booted without issue.
So, a Windows 11 desktop, 2 Windows 10 laptops, and all three shutdown, restart, reboot, and cold start with the drive connected.
With everybody opining WD is the issue, I'm one who actually has the drive in question. And at my end, no issues on three different PCs. The only thing I can think of at this point is a Dell thing - Dell doesn't like external drives connected when booting or the WD drive is faulty.
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My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (Build 22631.3296)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom built
- CPU
- Intel i9-9900K
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Xtreme
- Memory
- 32G (4x8) DDR4 Corsair RGB Dominator Platinum (3600Mhz)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon VII
- Sound Card
- Onboard (ESS Sabre HiFi using Realtek drivers)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- NEC PA242w (24 inch)
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1200
- Hard Drives
- 5 Samsung SSD drives: 2X 970 NVME (512 & 1TB), 3X EVO SATA (2X 2TB, 1X 1TB)
- PSU
- EVGA Super Nova I000 G2 (1000 watt)
- Case
- Cooler Master H500M
- Cooling
- Corsair H115i RGB Platinum
- Keyboard
- Logitech Craft
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 3
- Internet Speed
- 500mb Download. 11mb Upload
- Browser
- Microsoft Edge Chromium
- Antivirus
- Windows Security
- Other Info
- System used for gaming, photography, music, school.
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- Operating System
- Win 10 Pro 22H2 (build 19045.2130)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Built
- CPU
- Intel i7-7700K
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z270X-GAMING 8
- Memory
- 32G (4x8) DDR4 Corsair Dominator Platinum (3333Mhz)
- Graphics card(s)
- AMD Radeon R9 Fury
- Sound Card
- Onboard (Creative Sound Blaster certified ZxRi)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell U2415 (24 inch)
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1200
- Hard Drives
- 3 Samsung SSD drives: 1x 512gig 950 NVMe drive (OS drive), 1 x 512gig 850 Pro, 1x 256gig 840 Pro.
- PSU
- EVGA Super Nova 1000 P2 (1000 watt)
- Case
- Phantek Enthoo Luxe
- Cooling
- Corsair H100i
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master
- Keyboard
- Logitech MK 710
- Internet Speed
- 100MB
- Browser
- Edge Chromium
- Antivirus
- Windows Security
- Other Info
- This is my backup system.