I downloaded USBDeview and it shows that it's not my USB drive but my wired keyboard that gets unplugged. Interesting. And hopefully not as bad news.

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My own pit bull

hope the care goes well. As for my drive, it's bad if it's the on board connector or the drive itself. I'll have to try a new cable and then work from there.

Agreed! I was just happy I can stop staring at the Event Viewer.

So when I got back to my computer and logged in I got a message asking me for the autorecovery password of a Word file I was working on, which is password protected. So that strongly indicates the...

I will. THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, it's probably not ESENT. There were a number of ESENT entries in the Event Log but no corresponding opening of the drive. So it could be a cable or connector. But the USB drive does not move at...

But this only occurs near or at ESENT

I'll try that!

I'm thinking it's this:


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There are many instances of this, but why?

The external USB drive (where Explorer opens to) is directly connected to the computer.

Thanks. Not all *that* worried. This all started 2/1/2018 at 5PM.

Thanks for the info and suggestions about the external drive. I believe it is connected via new hub but I think a direct connection is better. I will try that. Explorer always opens with Drive Tools...

I have a new hub and I *think* the cable is OK. The drive seems OK as well (but really how do I know). HOWEVER, the proximity in time with that service is a good clue.

This happened just now as I was reading an article via Chrome. I heard a sound on my speakers and then Explorer opened. It has done this many times recently. It opens but nothing happened. I've...