X870E and Windows 11 HDD spin down/up on reboot

Seems I have stumbled upon a nasty issue and my search only came up with one result from a MSI forum (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/x870e-carbon-wifi-hdds-spin-down-on-restarting-win11-at-boot-post-the-a2-error-code-displays-for-an-additional-10-seconds-per-sata-hdd.408995/) proof that this affects more than just Asrock motherboards.

I am opening this topic because it seems I am unable to find any other related topic on this issue. Either very few use HDDs these days or the blame for longer boot times is placed on something else instead of HDDs+motherboard/chipset combo.

Here's my setup:

Asrock X870E Taichi 3.20 firmware (latest)
1 NVMe SSD for the OS and boot
1 NVMe SSD for gam?”I mean work
4 Seagate Exos HDDs in a stripe configuration for backups and bulk data on SATA 1,2,3,4

When rebooting from Windows 11, I can hear the distinctive sound of the HDDs spinning down. During the BIOS POST or Windows startup, each HDD initializes one at a time, which drastically increases boot time.
I've disabled all relevant settings I could find in the BIOS, but to no avail. The only change came from disabling a setting called "PCIe power management" or something?”this merely shifted the spin-up phase from Windows startup to the BIOS POST, with no other improvements.
Interestingly, when I booted into a Linux live USB and then rebooted into Windows, there was no spin-down or spin-up behavior.
Likewise, a cold boot presents no issues.
Hotplug enabled or disabled for all SATA ports makes no difference.
HDD sleep is disabled in Windows and I cannot hear the spin down or up while in Windows (in case the setting did not stick).
Latest AMD Chipset drivers installed.

I have to mention that on X570+5950X and the same HDDs, I did not have this issue.

I've opened a ticket with ASRock, but haven?™t received even a confirmation email, let alone a response.

So, does anyone else with one or more HDDs observe this behavior?