Back Up Videos To An External Hard Drive - Night Owl DP2 Series User Manual

Back Up Videos to an External Hard Drive

If you wish to use an External Hard Drive (HDD) to back up and store videos, simply plug
the External HDD into a USB port on the back of the DVR. Your External HDD MUST be
formatted to FAT32 before you do this. Refer to the Format a USB Flash Drive or External
Hard Drive section of Back Up/Export Videos.
Once your External HDD is connected to the DVR, you can manage your External HDD
storage settings by clicking MENU > STORAGE. From the STORAGE screen, you can:
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External HDD Click the External HDD Details icon to view transfer data of the
Details selected hard disk drive and pixel data for each channel (camera).
External HDD Click the External HDD Format icon to format the selected hard disk
Format drive and erase all data. When adding a new hard disk drive to the
DVR, it MUST be formatted to FAT32 to work properly.
Mount External Click the Mount External HDD icon or the Unmount External HDD
HDD/Unmount icon to add and remove External HDDs from the DVR. HDD hot-
External HDD swapping is supported for this DVR. There is no need to power off
the DVR first to install or remove a hard disk drive. However, Night
Owl recommends turning the power off as a safety precaution before
removing or swapping a HDD.
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