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Feb 15, 2025 | 01:08 PM

#151

Restah

1st Gear

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@Navarre Thanks man !! .. It works ...

Due to the fact it was my first HD Update and i was a bit nervous ^^ and didnt want to damage more than needed :P .. Thanks Guys!

Last edited by Restah; Feb 15, 2025 at 02:19 PM.

Feb 15, 2025 | 11:06 PM

#152

Navarre

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From: Sunshine State

Excellent news Restah! I am glad it worked!

Feb 15, 2025 | 11:12 PM

#153

Taxgod4u

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From: West Coast

How large of a thumb drive(s) does this require?

Feb 16, 2025 | 12:04 AM

#154

CharlieMac

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Joined: Sep 2013

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From: NC

I used a SanDisk128 gigabyte USB-C thumb drive and it worked.

Feb 16, 2025 | 01:05 AM

#155

Taxgod4u

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From: West Coast

Thanks, will give it a shot. If the power goes out in your town, it was me trying to update the bike.

Feb 16, 2025 | 05:37 AM

#156

Roadie13

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From: In a house

I use 32 GB drives, the bigger files (disk 2) were just over 8 GB.

Feb 16, 2025 | 01:03 PM

#157

BrandonSmith

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From: Texas

For Mac formatting, are you guys choosing the MBR (Master Boot Record) partition scheme? I would think if you’re choosing GUID (which is default), that would be the issue.

@HHKTom you said you got it to work on your Mac?

Feb 16, 2025 | 01:42 PM

#158

HDdrummer

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From: City of the Brotherly Shove

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrandonSmith

It doesn't give you an option on the MAC as far as I can see to change the format to MBR. It doesn't give you an option on which one to choose. However, if you hover over the partition icon in the usb-c utility, this message pops up: " Disks with Master Boot Record partition maps can't be partitioned " which leads me to believe the usb-c thumb drive is in MBR and not defaulted to GUID.

I am looking forward to HHKTom's response as well.

Last edited by HDdrummer; Feb 16, 2025 at 01:44 PM. Reason: adding something else

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Feb 16, 2025 | 02:54 PM

#159

rideonva

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From: NoVA

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrandonSmith

All I did on Mac was making sure the filesystem of exFAT type but when copying files there's a little more involved: by default OSX creates hidden folders like .spotlight, which contains indexing information; in my case I've been really thorough and turned off indexing for the thumbdrive and weeded out all hidden folders.
Didn't have a single hiccup during an upgrade.