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Western Digital "Passport" external drive will not work via extension USB lead

My PC only has USB sockets on the back, and it gets a bit tedious to reach
round the back of the PC every time I want to plug in my external "Passport"
drive.

So I bought a short 1-metre USB 2.0 lead. But when I plug the drive into the
same USB socket as before but via this extension lead, it fails to work: the
activity light on the drive flickers wildly and the PC displays a "found new
hardware" dialogue.

I've tried with various other USB extension leads that came with other
devices (eg a USB wireless adaptor) and the symptoms are the same.

Anyone got any ideas?