External Hard Drive disconnects/reconnects

orangepotato

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Jun 22, 2014
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My WD external hard drive works fine when I start up with it plugged in but after a few minutes it disconnects then attempts to reconnect several times (all the while slowing down my computer). The last time it was connected it was actually working until it sort of started smelling as if it were like a hair dryer that was on too long.