Shared drives ejecting themself

Hi,
I have a Mackbook Pro Retina (2012) & a MAc Mini (2010).
The Mac Mini is dedicated to mediacenter (XBMC) :
1 - 2x WD Elements Desktop 3 To (USB 2.0)
2 - TV LCD LOEWE 40 DR+
The Macbook Pro Retina is ma main machine, i manage the Mini with file sharing and shared drives (2)
For a reason i don't know sometime the shared drives are ejecting themselfs from the Mackbook Pro Retina.
Disk verification on these drive is ok, no FW available.
I don't know why
Thanks
Nemrod

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