Lacie USB Hard Drive Not Recognised

[gromit]

Bought a Lacie Little Disk 60 GB to use instead of ipod but it isn't recognised. Drive shouldn't need additional power only the USB port. Based on advice on e90 post I thought this would have a fair chance of working but it doesn't for me. I've tried the BMW USB connector and the one that came with the drive.

Anyone tried this or another portable drive and got it to work?

Thanks

Jon


(Thought I'd try this option as have approx 40GB music and fed up with ages scolling through artists - takes so long it's a crash waiting to happen - and rather not have to keep on putting ipod in/out of car and taking it out of its case.)

[miro2296]

Originally Posted by gromit

Bought a Lacie Little Disk 60 GB to use instead of ipod but it isn't recognised. Drive shouldn't need additional power only the USB port. Based on advice on e90 post I thought this would have a fair chance of working but it doesn't for me. I've tried the BMW USB connector and the one that came with the drive.

Anyone tried this or another portable drive and got it to work?

Thanks

Jon


(Thought I'd try this option as have approx 40GB music and fed up with ages scolling through artists - takes so long it's a crash waiting to happen - and rather not have to keep on putting ipod in/out of car and taking it out of its case.)

Think I read in another thread about the format of the bigger HDD's. Check to see if it is in NTFS format, if so you will need to format it to FAT32. From there it should work.

p.s.- backup the stuff you have on it prior to doing so, or you will lose all the stuff on the hdd.
:smile:

[miro2296]

Found the thread i was talking about:

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showt...&highlight=USB

[gromit]

Have checked - drive was formatted as FAT32 out of the box. Have also tried a fresh format and it still isn't recognised. Maybe will have to consider 32 GB memory stick instead.

[backtoreality15]

My Cirago 1.8" 60GB drive didn't work either. Waste of ($65 x .15)

Fresh formatted, also.

[gromit]

Strange that the usb hard drives seem to work better in the 3 series...would have thought 1 series would be the same. Oh well, at least it isn't just me doing something wrong!

[backtoreality15]

Originally Posted by gromit

Strange that the usb hard drives seem to work better in the 3 series...would have thought 1 series would be the same. Oh well, at least it isn't just me doing something wrong!

I actually tested it on an M3 at the dealership since my car was out.

[DTNJNQ]

Someone seems to have got a Maxtor to work

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13970

[rocketpop]

My harddrive works fine as well. Im using a 10g that I made from an old ipod harddrive and an enclosure that I bought off ebay.

[gromit]

Thanks for the comments, here's an update:

I have managed to get it to work but very intermitently - sometimes it isn't recognised and it is painfully slow and keeps on losing the connection. Even with little on the drive it never got to the point where the tracks were cached. So I think I'm giving up on this approach. I've also tried a flash drive with not much more success - separate post to follow.

THanks

Jon

[Bruck]

all this effort when 60/40/80/160 gb ipods are more versatile and cheaper in some cases on ebay.

[esses]

The 135's USB jack only pushes 2.5w or 5v at 0.5a.

Assuming this is what you have: http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10984 and assuming the online manual is accurate:

You need 100-240v at 1.5 amps, which is 150-360w.

The reason you managed to get it to work intermittently and slowly with the occasional shutdown is because you are managing to spin the hard drive - intermittently and slowly with the occasional shutdown. :wink:

Get a flash drive - no moving parts!