Why is my USB drive disconnecting after I open files from it?

I have a USB drive of thisAmazon.com model and unfortunately whenever I open files from it, as long as there was a considerable amount of inactivity of the drive, it seems to disconnect and reconnect about 3 or 4 times sequentially before it stops. This is very frustrating because it forces files that are already open but in the background to force close whenever being edited again, which currently denies me the liberty of allowing these processes to exist in background CPU usage.

If someone could let me know why something so unusual like this could be happening so I could fix it I would greatly appreciate it! :)

bluejays4360 hello and welcome to tenforums ,
Do you have any other USBs to test with to see if the same thing happens? Is your PC BIOS and drivers up to date?

steve108 said:

bluejays4360 hello and welcome to tenforums ,
Do you have any other USBs to test with to see if the same thing happens? Is your PC BIOS and drivers up to date?

I did get one, and as it turns out the USB drive itself was faulty. Replacing it entirely ended up being the solution.