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Originally Posted by Frogman
I just tested my WD external HDD in the armrest USB port and it works fine.
But...
I don't use it because it's still spinning media and I worry about a sudden jolt crashing the HDD heads. I don't think these drives are designed to be jostled all that much. If you really need more than 64GB and need a HDD, then I'd put it on some foam or something to reduce the likelihood of a shock crashing the heads.
Another note is that if you go to a 64GB USB stick, then it will likely be formatted as exFAT32 which the car does not currently recognize.
Most 64GB sticks cannot be formatted as normal FAT32 because they do not support variable sector/cluster sizes. You will need to format the 64GB memory stick as NTFS. The car does read NTFS disks. Both my 64GB stick and my USB HDD are formatted as NTFS.
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Hi Frogman, thanks for your valuable insight.
I have tried the drive in my F30 and the drive span up but never mounted. I then tried it in a mates 5 series and it mounted and played fine.
So far the test is inconclusive, so I have another mate who has an identical car to mine, so i will get him to check.
I'll let you know.
Thanks