Bootcamp / Win 7 - WD Firewire HDD Keeps disconnecting .

Hi ...
I've succesfully installed Win 7 64 Bit Ultimate in Bootcamp on my Macbook .
I've got all Windows device drivers installed just fine except,
that my WD My Book Studio External Firewire HDD keeps disconnecting all by itself .
Like this ... whenever I try to write data on it,
it just unmounts itself .
On OS X the drive stays mounted / connected,
it's just that Windows-side of things . ):
The Drive is formatted as NTFS,
so it should be readable / writeable by Windows . ))::
Please someone ...
HELP !!! me out .
Regards,
toni S .
WD My Book nFO !!!
FireWire Bus:
Maximum Speed:          Up to 400 Mb/sec
My Book:
Manufacturer:          WD
Model:          0x1103
GUID:          0x90A941B5B677A6
Maximum Speed:          Up to 800 Mb/sec
Connection Speed:          Up to 400 Mb/sec
Sub-units:
My Book Unit:
Unit Software Version:          0x10483
Unit Spec ID:          0x609E
Firmware Revision:          0x1028
Product Revision Level:          1028
Sub-units:
My Book SBP-LUN:
Capacity:          500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)
Removable Media:          Yes
BSD Name:          disk3
Partition Map Type:          MBR (Master Boot Record)
S.M.A.R.T. status:          Not Supported
Volumes:
Projects_FW:
Capacity:          500.1 GB (500,104,691,712 bytes)
Available:          499.71 GB (499,711,344,640 bytes)
Writable:          No
File System:          NTFS
BSD Name:          disk3s1
Mount Point:          /Volumes/Projects_FW
Content:          Windows_NTFS
My Book Device Unit:
Unit Software Version:          0x10483
Unit Spec ID:          0x609E
Firmware Revision:          0x1028
Product Revision Level:
Sub-units:
My Book Device SBP-LUN:

Are you using NTFS driver in Mac OS X to WRITE to your MyBook?
If so, switch to Paragon Software's. Demo is fine.
MyBooks are often trouble, though usually under OS X.
In Windows, do chkdsk on it.

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