Repeatedly asked for encrypted drive password

Hi - I've just partitioned an external drive into two and encrypted each seperately by right clicking on them and choosing encrypt drive - all went well. One partition is for time machine and the other for random files. Then the first time I reattached the drive I was asked to put the encryption password in again, so I did and asked for it to be added to keychain - now everytime I plug the drive in it asks for the password again even though it is in keychain. I've deleted them from keychain and started again but I still end up with the same problem. Also, if you click cancel when it asks you for the password it goes ahead and mounts the drive using the keychain password anyway! What gives? Is there something wrong with the encryption or keychain? What am I missing?
Thanks!

Back up all data.
Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Keychain Access in the icon grid.
Select the login keychain from the list on the left side of the Keychain Access window. If your default keychain has a different name, select that.
If the lock icon in the top left corner of the window shows that the keychain is locked, click to unlock it. You'll be prompted for the keychain password, which is the same as your login password, unless you've changed it.
Right-click or control-click the login entry in the list. From the menu that pops up, select Change Settings for Keychain "login". In the sheet that opens, uncheck both boxes, if not already unchecked.
From the menu bar, select
Keychain Access ▹ Preferences ▹ First Aid
If the box marked Keep login keychain unlocked is not checked, check it.
Select
Keychain Access ▹ Keychain First Aid
from the menu bar and repair the keychain. Quit Keychain Access.

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