USB ports stopped working on new MBP

I have a Retina MBP, 2.6 ghz (OS 10.8.5) and a 2 TB Seagate GoFlex external drive (maybe 2 years old) which I use occasionally for big video projects. The Seagate will often eject itself if it is not active for a period of time and I get the message that the drive was improperly disconnected. I've tried setting the preferences to keep it from going to sleep but that hasn't helped. Then last night I set it up to transfer 40 gig of data from another drive connected via Thunderbolt. In the morning I found the usual improperly disconnected message but when I went to reconnect, I could not get the drive to mount. (The thunderbold drive was still mounted.) I tried both USB ports and then tried turning the power off and then on. The drive started making clicking sounds and would not mount. I feared major drive failure, even though this drive has only been used a couple times per month at best. But then I discovered that nothing would mount through the USB ports. So I rebooted and now everything works as it should and the Seagate drive mounts just fine. So which of the following is likely true?
A. The drive is failing and caused the USB ports to go wacky.
B. The USB ports are failing and cause the drive to go wacky. (I haven't noticed a problem with any other drive connected with USB.)
C. This was a software quirk of some kind and I shouldn't worry.
Will try again tonight to see if it happens again.

You have 14 days to return the computer w/no questions asked. Plus you have 90 days of FREE phone tech support on top of your standard 1 year warranty unless you also purchased AppleCare which gives you an additional 2 years of coverage plus FREE phone support.
Strongly suggest that you take FULL advantage of the above before it runs out. Let Apple deal w/the problems.

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