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4. Click the Set button. This will take you to the HDD Settings menu shown below.
5. Set HDD to Read-Only.
6. Click the OK button. The HDD is now read-only.
Note: When an HDD is set to read-only, no more recordings can be written to the disk. In
order to enable recordings on that particular disk again, you must set the HDD to R/W
(Read/ Write) in the HDD Property Settings menu. If multiple HDDs are used, the DVR
will automatically record to the next HDD that is not set to read-only.
4.3 Configuring Advanced HDD Settings
4.3.1 Setting up HDD Redundancy
To insure against unexpected failures of hard disk drives, it’s recommended to set up
HDD redundancy. It is important to note that in order to set up HDD redundancy, you’ll
need more than one HDD in your DVR.
To set up HDD redundancy:
1. Navigate to the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu > HDD
management.
2. Click on the General tab.
3. Select the HDD to be used for redundancy, as shown below.
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