UPDATE: OK so some more digging/reading/head scratching has unearthed this thread.
Unfortunately whilst I recognise some of the terminology I was left pretty much bafffled.
It would be fantastic if someone could post a robust solution for adding a USB drive to store media files on. I would likely leave the USB drive plugged in 24/7 but if I did remove it I wouldn’t want everything to go haywire again.
I think many Vero users will be in the same boat as me i.e. wanting to use USB drives to store media it would be good if we could start a discussion on preferred methods of how to do this. Unfortunatley at this time, I can only post what not to do