
How to Partition USB for Tesla Music and Dashcam
You can use one drive for both music and Dashcam, but it works best with two partitions.
You can use one drive for both music and Dashcam, but it works best with two partitions. Create one partition named TeslaCam and format it as exFAT for recording. Use the second partition for music; FAT32 works nearly everywhere, and exFAT is fine on newer cars too, so pick what your library prefers. An SSD makes this setup smoother because it handles the mixed read and write workload without stuttering.
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