Windows 10 External Hard Drive keeps disconnecting and then reconnecting as an unkown usb device (device descriptor request failed)

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Hello everyone,This problem has been happening to me since tonight. All was fine but suddenly my external hard drive, which i often need disconnected and then, about 30 seconds later, reconnected to the PC, but this time as "Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)" with the description "Driver Error". Once I reboot my PC, it is showing up fine again but then after some amount of time (it can be 10 minutes or multiple hours) it disconnects again and reconnects as an unknown USB device again. This is making it basically impossible for me to work since I need it to be accessible at

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