Checking Hdd Status - HIKVISION DS-7200-ST Series User Manual

User Manual of DS-7200-ST Series DVR
Note:
1. Once set to read-only, the HDD cannot be written to until it is set back to read/write (R/W).
2. DS-7204HVI-ST, DS-7204HVI-ST/SE, DS-7208HVI-ST/SE, DS-7204HFI-ST, DS-7204HFI-ST/SE,
DS-7200HVI-ST/SN, DS-7200HFI-ST/SN and DS-7204HVI-ST/L models can be installed with one HDD
only, therefore, when the property is set to read-only, the recording of the device will be stopped.

Checking HDD Status

You may check the status of the installed HDDs on your DVR at anytime.
To check the status of a HDD:
1. Click Menu > HDD to enter the HDD Management menu.
2. The status of your HDD is listed under the Status column. If the status is listed as Normal or
Hibernate, the HDD is in working order. If it is listed as Abnormal and has already been
initialized, the HDD needs to be replaced. If the HDD is Uninitialized, you will need to initialize
it before it can be use in your DVR. Please refer to Initializing HDDs for further instructions.
You may also view the SMART information of installed HDD SMART, abbreviation 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. Click Menu > Maintenance > Log Search to enter the Log Search menu, shown in Figure 4.
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Figure 4. Log Search Menu
4. Set Major Type to Information.
5. Set Minor Type to HDD SMART.
6. Enter Start Time and End Time.
7. Click the Search button to begin log search. A list of results, similar to that of Figure 5, will be
returned.
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