Setting Hdd Status - HIKVISION DS-7208HVI-S Series User Manual

HIKVISION DS-7208HVI-S & 7216HVI-S User‟s Manual
Figure 2. HDD Group Settings Menu
5. Select OK to save and exit menu.
Note:
By default, all HDDs belong to group 1.

Setting HDD Status

You may change the behavior of your HDD by changing its status. The status of a HDD can be set to redundancy,
read-only or read/write (R/W).
Setting HDD to Read-Only
A HDD can be set to read-only to avoid important recorded files from being overwritten when the HDD becomes full.
To set a HDD to read-only:
1. Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu > HDD.
2. Select HDD to protect.
3. Select the Property button to enter the Property Settings menu, as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3. HDD Property Settings Menu
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