USB "Hub Deactivated"; speed capped

I connected my external hard drive to my MBP and received the warning that the usb hub it was connected to was deactivated. This happens every time I connect it to a different port, but only once per port after start-up. I'm not having this problem with any other USB devices. The transfer speed over the hub that my hard drive is connected to (yes, it still mounted) is capped at almost exactly 2.0 MB/s (and seeing as I'm trying to transfer about 45 GBs of data...I'm grounded for awhile).
The external drive is a 320GB WD Caviar SE, with a Coolmax USB 2.0 enclosure. I'm wondering if this problem might be caused by my enclosure, bu without another working enclosure I'm at a loss to troubleshoot it. Any ideas?

Don't know exactly what caused the overage of power. (It happens to me a lot when I am plugging in or unplugging my palm pilot).
You will need to restart the computer to get the USB functions back. Since you can't go to the menu and chose it you will need to hold the power button on the back left of the computer down for a few seconds until it power cycles.
When the CPU reboots, you should be good to go with the USB functioning again.
"D"

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