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1) Windows and USB drives ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS disconnect them from the tray icon and only unplug after you get the message saying its ok to do so. You will lose data and corrupt the drive, you've been warned.
2) I'd make you have no problems with reading the data back on another machine/software as part of the testing. So assuming you capture on a laptop make sure your desktop has no problems with the drive and files.
3) make sure you dont run a realtime virus scanner, it will interfere with writing the video files to the drive.
4) Avoid HDD and use only SSD to capture, ideally laptop boot drive should be SSD too just so windows spends less time interfering with IO.
Back in the day I used to do 3D stuff for TV and film and sometimes got to use proper Digital Video Recorders. These were standalone units with one or more hard drives built in and could take a video input or serial trigger still frame capture (to build a movie frame by frame). These weren't usb devices, they were standalone and would interface with whatever video equipment you have for display on location or conversion to your master format later. Bulky but far more compact than a portable Betacam SP setup. No doubt the same sort of thing is pocket size these days and able to record uncompressed from a usb camera.
Just thinking though what is the problem with leaving things as they are? What are you trying to improve? Whats your capture gear?
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