TimeCapsule Drive Regularly Disappears, Requires Reboot

I have a new time capsule with a couple usb drives also connected via a hub. About once a day it stops sharing all drives both the internal one and the externals. Network connectivity is fine. I have to reboot it to recognize things again. The airport setup utility also will not connect when I get to this point. I've tried connected both over wifi and ethernet. Please advise

I was just about to post this exact same problem.
I'm having to restart my TC several times each day because the drives appear to randomly dismount.
The AirPort Utility hangs when checking the TC configuration.
When I do restart the TC I sometimes get error messages that the discs were not properly ejected and I need to run disk utility to repair them.

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I have a new Toshiba X75 laptop running Windows 8.1 64 Bit. One of my external drives keeps disappearing on me and the only way that I know of to get it back is to reboot, and this is getting old real fast.
I have 5 external hard drives; drive 1: 500Gb, USB 2.0 western digital, drive 2: 2TB, USB 3.0 seagate, drive 3: 3TB, USB 3.0 seagate, drive 4: 4TB, USB 3.0 seagate, and drive 5: 4TB, USB 3.0 seagate. Drives 1, 2 & 5 are connected to a powered USB 2.0
7 port hub which is plugged into one of the laptop's 4 USB 3.0 ports; the othe two drives are plugged directly into two of the other three USB 3.0 ports on the laptop.
Drive 1 has done this once before and hasn't done it since. Drive 4 is the problem child although drive 5 has done this in the past too. Both drive 4 & 5 where purchased at the same time. At first I thought that drive 4's problem was the drive it self,
so I had it replaced, but it still is a problem child. When it was replaced they gave me a newer version of the drive too.
Is there a fix via Microsoft?
I have read that there might be some sort of a fix for the registry, but when it comes to playing with the registry, I tend to make sure that I know exactly what I'm doing before hand, and right now I don't know what to do in the regestry.
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And thanks ahead of time for the help.

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"Help! After installing Windows 8.1, my USB drive disappears or file transfers
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OS related issue please consult on MS Answers http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows
Hardware related issue please contact your provider.
For your issue, when you reboot you can press F2 or F12 to load your boot menu. However, please notice the key depends on your hardware. It migth also be F5. So you may have to contact your computer provider about this issue.
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I have had this issue since we got our new T440p's and X240's. I have our driver repository all set up and during my SCCM task sequence I have the Lenovo drivers and software installed using ThinInstaller.
During the second round of running ThinInstaller, the Bluetooth driver is installed. After the Bluetooth driver is installed ThinInstaller continues installing other packages then the system spontaneously reboots. I had this issue happen intermittently with the T440p's, but happens every time with the X240's.
My "solution" was to disable the Bluetooth driver in the repository database. I have not experienced the reboot issue after doing this, however, now the Bluetooth driver is not getting installed.
The driver (giww10ww) is not included in the SCCM admin package and apparently cannot be installed by simply using a standard driver .inf, therefore, I cannot pre-stage the driver.
My only other idea is to modify the .xml file so I can schedule the installation after all the other packages, maybe on a third pass. However, I am not sure how to do this, nor do I think I would like to maintain custom modifications throughout new version releases.
Am I the only one experiencing this?
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Deployed OS: Windows 7 SP1 X64
Driver: Intel Bluetooth Device Software - Initial Install - 7 [64], v.17.0.1401.418 (giww10ww)

I have done research on your   20AL and 20AN from a SYSTEM Update packages viewpoint. Both machines use the same SU packages for your bluetooth type.
https://download.lenovo.com/catalog//20AL_Win7.xml
https://download.lenovo.com/catalog//20AN_Win7.xml
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/giww10ww_764_u_2_.xml
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/giww10ww_764_i_2_.xml
If initial install of giww10, reboot type=3  requires reboot
If upgrade install giww10, reboot type=1  Forces a reboot
The SU package logic is reflecting what the msi.exec will do, after far as reboot type=.
Strange:
SU calls this version                                   17.0.1401.418 in their package wrapper. as does update retriever.
The download support site states version 17.0.1401.0428 package wrapper.
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It appears upgrade=force reboot, initial install=requires reboot. Are all your 240's ALWAYS getting bluetooth upgrades of the driver? .
Someone else will have to explain if there is a workaround for the force reboot, or better sequence to the install.
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During your second run of thin installer, are you certain that the bluetooth install is FORCING a reboot, or could it be another software install Forcing the reboot?
You stated earlier possibly modifying the thin installer .xml. Did you mean modify the .xml in the repository, which is probably built using update retriever. I stated earlier dont modify the .xml. Reason is: the reboot code is used by TI to anticipate what msi.exe will do. If the intel driver install says force reboot, you will get a force reboot. ie,changing the .xml will not change much.
Workaround?: Depending how you populate each machine, lets say image copy. Have the bluebooth driver uninstalled on the master image.
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Is there a new release of the Bluetooth Driver without a force reboot?
Mvw
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