64GB USB Stick Recommendations?

skylar.sutton · 06-16-2013, 03:10 PM

I have aprox. 50GB of music I want to load on to a stick / keep plugged in to the arm rest of my 2008 335.

I just wasted an hour of my life formatting an HP v165w to FAT32 and fiddling with it - but the car simply won't recognize it.

I tested an old 4GB drive I had laying around and it fired right up with no problems. The drive works on my Win7 machine - so I can only assume there is something goofy with it's firmware/file IO.

I'd prefer a short USB stick, so I can leave it in the car and close the arm rest. Looking for recommendations from anyone who has a setup that works.

Thanks!

GhostWolf · 06-17-2013, 02:12 AM

Since the drive you tried to format is larger than 32GB, Win7 formatted it using exFAT, and its not supported by the system.

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skylar.sutton Enlisted Member 0 Rep 34 Posts Drives: '08 335xi (Graphite) Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Ohio iTrader: (1)	64GB USB Stick Recommendations? I have aprox. 50GB of music I want to load on to a stick / keep plugged in to the arm rest of my 2008 335. I just wasted an hour of my life formatting an HP v165w to FAT32 and fiddling with it - but the car simply won't recognize it. I tested an old 4GB drive I had laying around and it fired right up with no problems. The drive works on my Win7 machine - so I can only assume there is something goofy with it's firmware/file IO. I'd prefer a short USB stick, so I can leave it in the car and close the arm rest. Looking for recommendations from anyone who has a setup that works. Thanks!
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GhostWolf Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: 2010 328i xDrive Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	Since the drive you tried to format is larger than 32GB, Win7 formatted it using exFAT, and its not supported by the system.
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