IPhone knocks off External USB backup drive from Mac Pro

I noticed that my backup drive, while running Time Machine, kept unmounting on its own. I though the drive had failed. I checked it and had no obvious problem. The drive is IDE and two or three years old. I used on Vista for a few weeks and not problem. I formatted and used it again for Leopard and it kept unmounting and disappears from my desktop. I upgraded to Snow Leopard and it mounted, but as soon as I plug in my iPhone to charge/sync the drive dismounts and disappears from my desktop. I remove the phone and restart and the drive is back. I have not done a sync for a week and the drive and Time Machine worked without issues. The drive has its own AC plug and is self powered. Anyone encountering this? Going to try switching to FireWire. Maybe too many things plugged in? USB Canon LiDE 30 scanner and USB hub causing this? Thanks in advance.

I solved the odd abrupt dismounting of my back up drive. I got rid of the USB cable that came with my iPhone when I saw it frayed on one end. I used the generic car charger cable for charging and syncing. When I picked up an authentic iPhone USB cable the drive didn't get knocked off. I have both plugged where as I had to unmount and unplug the drive or the iPhone. For the benefit of others.

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