Take the tour ×  i have a western digital external hard drive
that every day or so, loses and regains connection right away. I
can tell this, because of that window prompt that comes up on
windows every time you plug in a external hard drive or a memory
card. The drive work perfectly otherwise, but i must mention
that when connected to another usb port, it seems to start up,
and shut off within 5 seconds, it makes a sound as if the a
power cable was unplugged. I've checked the drive a couple of
times with different tools, and there's apparently nothing wrong
with it. But, it's either the drive or windows, so i'm not sure.
Any ideas? Thank you.  Drive: WD3200ME
http://support.wdc.com/product/install.asp?groupid=203&lang=en
share|improve this question add comment  1 Answer  It sounds
like the cable is dodgy, first thing I would suggest is a new
cable.  share|improve this answer Nah, it's not the cable, i've
tried that already. This thing has never even been moved, it's
not like i carry it everywhere. Just wei