WD 1 TB Means Slow Shut Down?

[blubox]

So, I have recently purchased a 1TB My Book Home Edition Western Digital hard drive and I have noticed that my iMac takes a long time to shut down. I disconnected the hard drive and my iMac shut down in a few seconds. I booted my iMac again with the hard drive connected and the shut down was again prolonged. What can I do to prevent such a lag? Is this hard drive a burden on my iMac? Should I change some settings? I partitioned it into two parts but then partitioned it again into one drive (just some information that may help). Anything I can do?

Oh, and why does it randomly flash lights and make noises? I'm not transferring anything in or out of the drive.

Thank you in advance!

 

[BlueRevolution]

Sounds like Spotlight might be indexing. Is there a little dot flashing in the middle of the Spotlight magnifying glass on the right side of the menu bar?

 

[blubox]

HAHA! Yes there is! (I do feel sheepish. lol) Is that what is causing the slow shut downs as well?

 

[BlueRevolution]

Probably, yeah. Wait until it's done indexing and try again.

 

[gatepc]

with a 1tb drive and usb it can take as long as a day to index maybe even longer

 

[blubox]

It is done indexing. Everything seems to be fine as of now. Thanks!