- #WHY WON'T MY BUNKER HILL SECURITY DVR READ THE HDD HOW TO#
- #WHY WON'T MY BUNKER HILL SECURITY DVR READ THE HDD PC#
Oh FYI,its a bunker hill 500GB 8 cam capacity but only 4 cams hooked up at this point Is there anything /steps suggested that may help beyond what Ive listed? corrected nothing.Īny explanations of what may have happened Removed battery for 24 hr.reinstalled correctly. While it was in the formatting mode, the red recording light on the dvr begins flashing ,but when the formatting completed, the dvr red light stopped flashing and reverts to the steady non flash mode indicating nothing was corrected with this step either. i went from MENU>DEVICE >HDD FORMAT,checking the 500 G box then > FORMAT HDD. I was able to access the menu with the mouse and display it on the monitor. I unplugged the whole unit from power to re initialize the cameras and it did go through that process,but when it was finished the recording light no longer flashed as it had been and was simply just on steadily and cameras were still out. The monitor came back on,but each camera view only said something on the order of "loss of power" It was flashing as it should to indicate it was recording.(but wasnt since not found with a search) The dvr then appeard to be working as the green power light came back on and the red recording light did too. Heres the situation: The power outage went out 1 mile from my home and came back on a couple hours later. Once you submit an online RMA request and receive a RMA authorization, mail the defective hard drives following the instructions they provide, and a replacement drive will be sent back to you within a few business days.I have a home 8/cam security system that has worked well 24/7 for 6 months until there was a power failure in the neighborhood last wed. You can follow the quick video below that shows the proper way to submit a hard drive RMA claim with Seagate, the hard drive manufacturer. If the Hard Drive status window shows the drive(s) as being absent, or continues to display and Error status, that hard drive will need to be replaced. Confirm that the DVR recorder is in fact recording video by going to the video search menu and confirming there is video being stored for your cameras.
#WHY WON'T MY BUNKER HILL SECURITY DVR READ THE HDD HOW TO#
The video below will guide you how to disable the internal buzzer on the DVR.Īfter watching the above tutorial videos, if you are able to format a hard drive that has a normal status and the Popup stating drive error disappears, and/or the DVR stops beeping then your DVR should be in good shape. This is set by default on DVRs and NVRs we sell.
If you find your DVR beeping or buzzing, it is because there is a setting in the DVR that activates the internal buzzer to sound when a hard drive error is detected. Learn how to check the status of the internal hard drives of your DVR recorder and format them to recover usable video recording space. If there is an error, the video will also show how to format your drive.Ĭhecking the status of the hard drive inside your Security DVR Recorder If you suspect your DVR hard drive to have an issue, or receive an alert stating drive failure, please watch the following video that explains in detail how to check the status of your hard drive, and diagnose whether the drive is good or bad.
#WHY WON'T MY BUNKER HILL SECURITY DVR READ THE HDD PC#
Complete failure where the drive is no longer recognizable to your DVR, unrecognizable to a PC as well, and warrants replacement.
These bad sectors can be physical which will warrant replacement of the drive, or read write errors which can be corrected with a simple drive format from with the DVR user menu.