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These appear to be saying Windows is powering down USB items. No harm in my mind to defeat these, that is shutting off their ability to power down. Not sure why a drive / controller would be powering down while in use. Yes is left there and not being used I could see power down.
This is approaching the problem from a different angle. First you worked through are the drives themselves faulty. Think the conclusion was no, they are find. I had suggested the 3rd party file app. Now we are looking possible USB power and or Windows issues, (drivers, SFC).
Any course you choose is acceptable, it is a process of elimination in my books. Try the easiest first, like power mgmt options.
I don't want to see you lose data so maybe disconnect some of your drives.
If you have lost data I would not be trying any data recovery routines without some real guidance. There is a member who is very good with data recovery and I can ask him to join.
What we have to avoid is to many pokers in the fire. By this I mean we can't be doing data recovery and problem determination at the same time.
I would be more concerned with data.
This is a desktop correct? Maybe just installing a drive in the box would be the best avenue to get reliable storage. You specs say you are on v1709, that is incorrect right?