Second internal HDD ejecting

Hey,
I could really do with some help here.
I have a 13inch early 2011 MacBook Pro that's having issues with a second internal HDD I fitted.
I replaced the 320gb HDD with a 240gb SSD and then fitted a 1TB drive in the optical bay as I needed a performance boost and some more storage.
The issue is that anytime I transfer any files that are fairly substantial it results in the 1TB drive being ejected and I get the typical message about a drive being ejected etc.
Now, this happens once in a blue moon as I mostly use the MacBook Pro for photography, more often than not the files aren't enough to trouble it.
I do however, have two video projects that I need to export and the drive keeps ejecting on me every time I tell Premiere Pro to export.
To save the hassle of moving the media files over and creating the project again does anyone have any tips or hints to get this running properly?
Macbook specs:
Processor  2.3 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory  8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics  Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB
Software  OS X 10.9.4 (13E28)
Really appreciate any help on this
Rod

I have nt used the device that you mention but I have heard from a few people that it works quite well. From what I understand, there is one caveat for you to think about... Apparently iDVD only works with an internal DVD drive, so with one of these you will need to use some other application for watching DVD movies on your MBP.
I have been told that using one of these in combination with an SSD drive for booting your OS (in the internal bay/slot) that you get the best of both worlds. You get fast boot times, and you get the larger storage drive for installing applications. Once again, no personal experience here though.

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