Accessing Flash Drive

I am developing project running under kiosk platforms.
I need to detect USB Flash Disk inserted to the slot and do some read/write operation on that disk.
Is there a smart way to do it?
Ps: What I am planning to do is, to keep a record of current drive letters and try to detect new drives.
Thanks
emrah budur

File.listRoots() will tell you what root directories are available.
Remember what the roots are when no drive is inserted.
Ask every <<time interval>> what the roots are. When
the results are different from expected, the new root is a drive.

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