Thanks. I intend to stay as far away from the command line as possible. I know better then to mess unless I have to.
If you continue to run into issues I would suggest a OCuLink 4X to NVMe U.2 SSD and a ICY DOCK M.2 PCIe 3.0/4.0 NVMe SSD to 2.5" U.2 SSD Converter with a m.2 ssd and then not have to worry about any usb based strangeness.