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11.5 Checking HDD Status
You may check the status of any of the installed HDDs on your DVR at anytime.
To check the status of a HDD:
1. Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu > HDD.
2. The status of your HDD is listed under the Status column. If the status is listed as
Normal or Sleeping, the HDD is in working order. If it is listed as Abnormal and has
already been initialised, the HDD needs to be replaced. If the HDD is Uninitialised, you
will need to initialise it before it can be used in your DVR. Please refer to Initialising
HDDs for further instructions.
You may also view the SMART information of installed HDDs. SMART, short for Self-
Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology is a monitoring system for hard disk
drives to detect and report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating
failures.
To view SMART information of a HDD:
3. Enter the HDD Management menu, shown below by clicking Menu > HDD and select
Advance tab.
4. The checkbox of Enable S.M.A.R.T is already checked in default.
5. Select a HDD you want to view the S.M.A.R.T information on.
6. If clicking to disable the S.M.A.R.T function a warning display appears as below.
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