HIKVISION Digital Video Recorder User Manual page 72

Protect file by setting HDD property to Read-only
Before you start:
To edit HDD property, you need to set the storage mode of the HDD to Group. See Chapter 10.4 Managing
HDD Group.
Steps:
1. Enter HDD setting interface.
Menu> HDD
2. Click to edit the HDD you want to protect.
3. Set the HDD to Read-only.
4. Click OK to save settings and back to the upper level menu.
 You cannot save any files in a Read-only HDD. If you want to save files in the HDD, change the
property to R/W.
 If there is only one HDD and is set to Read-only, the DVR cannot record any files. Only live view mode
is available.
 If you set the HDD to Read-only when the DVR is saving files in it, then the file will be saved in next
R/W HDD. If there is only one HDD, the recording will be stopped.
User Manual of Digital Video Recorder
Figure 5. 32 Unlocking Attention
Figure 5. 33 HDD General
Figure 5. 34 HDD General- Editing
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