USB portable drive weirdness

[Peter King]

Thanks for the quick responses. Here are the answers: (1) the portable drive
enclosure does *not* have any connector for an independent power supply; and
(2) it did indeed come with one of those funny Y-cables for two USB devices.
Perhaps if I try a regular USB cable...? Hmm.

Suppose that the suggestion is right that my desktop is in a marginal power
situation. (Strange but there you have it.) Are there any remedies, apart from
giving up on the portable drive?

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