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They can only perform either read or a write operation, not both at the same time.
I assume disk usage in Steam's window drops when it is reading only or, maybe it is writing then. idk. Its better if you check your own Task Manager or Resource Monitor windows to see disk activity.
Here's a tip:
use an SSD instead. They're pretty cheap nowadays. You can use the external drive as a backup, but I recommend you to put the main library files on an SSD. The only speed limitation then is your internet speed (I assume, unless the ssd is for some reason very slow)
If your main drive is faster, set the game to be 'installed from C:' then copy the files from the external drive to C:
then verification should also speed up.
Last, keep the backup up-to-date.
so that... it doesn't need verification.
Useless tip simply spreading misinformation. An SSD is much faster but steams decision to sometimes verify downloads and sometimes not is inexplicable and it takes a long time even on fast NVME storage. 99% of times hard drives should not impact download bandwidth