Do I need an additional hard drive?
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It depends on how long you wish to save the footage. Generally the hard drive is adequate since once there is not an incident there is no need to save the footage and it can be written over. You can download footage of interest to the through the USB onto a flash drive, etc. The drive space can also be extended using the motion sensor feature in that only if there is motion the footage is recorded. I don't use this feature and the drive can store almost 30 days of footage. The only limitation is when it begins to record over old footage it erases the entire drive and begins again so old footage is lost. It depends on how long you wish to save the footage. Generally the hard drive is adequate since once there is not an incident there is no need to save the footage and it can be written over. You can download footage of interest to the through the USB onto a flash drive, etc. The drive space can also be extended using the motion sensor feature in that only if there is motion the footage is recorded. I don't use this feature and the drive can store almost 30 days of footage. The only limitation is when it begins to record over old footage it erases the entire drive and begins again so old... » Read More It depends on how long you wish to save the footage. Generally the hard drive is adequate since once there is not an incident there is no need to save the footage and it can be written over. You can download footage of interest to the through the USB onto a flash drive, etc. The drive space can also be extended using the motion sensor feature in that only if there is motion the footage is recorded. I don't use this feature and the drive can store almost 30 days of footage. The only limitation is when it begins to record over old footage it erases the entire drive and begins again so old footage is lost. « Show Less
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Nope, comes with 500 GB hard drive. I have mine recording in real time 24/7 and it records for about a month before running out of space on the hard drive. I would highly recommend.
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It depends on how long you wish to save the footage. Generally the hard drive is adequate since once there is not an incident there is no need to save the footage and it can be written over. You can download footage of interest to the through the USB onto a flash drive, etc. The drive space can also be extended using the motion sensor feature in that only if there is motion the footage is recorded. I don't use this feature and the drive can store almost 30 days of footage. The only limitation is when it begins to record over old footage it erases the entire drive and begins again so old footage is lost.
1947861
You will have to refer to the manual that came with it, a list of hard drives are listed. Steve
2084772
Use the USB and a USB external hard drive. WD has one with 2TB I picked up during Black Friday sales.
1247711
You will need a hard drive. Very cheap right now on Newegg.com (2tB for $80.00 US.)
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Yes u do need a hard drive to perform all record and playback and alert functions. Zmodo sells one for your unit, reasonably priced and it works very well. Enjoy PS after HD is installed, call tech support and let them set it up remotely.
559697
None...you install the hard drives you want, If you go to their website you can find out a lot of answers. www.bufflaotech.com
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I did add a second hard drive, but I am no pro. The metal plate blocking the slot is a knock out, so I got pliers and ripped it (gently,) out. I had to go buy a cable (I bought a longer version of the cable that attached the drive to my old computer) and simply installed it in the same way my old drive was installed. I may simply have gotten lucky. I remember an old conversation about making one drive a slave to the other, but I didn't do anything like that, and the drives are both working, so maybe I did get lucky. You are better off talking to a real tech guy, and someone who is 20 years younger than I am.
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Yes you can. As a matter of fact I just did about a week ago due to the fact that 4G does not last long at all so I got another hard drive for it and it was very easy to install. It will take about 1 minute to install another hard drive. Now my son never gets off of it and has enjoyed it. Best birthday gift he has ever gotten.
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No but you can add a second drive in the DVD bay using a DVD caddy. I replaced the hard drive with a 128 gig Samsung 840 Pro SSD ($114.99) for use as the boot/system/program drive, and then mounted the 500 gig drive I removed in a Universal SATA Hard Drive Caddy ($13.65) and put this in the empty DVD bay for the data drive.
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yes it is a full sized case and i should think you can add an additional hard drive.
1759055
The hard drive is not included. You have to use a 2.5" hard drive. The ones that are sized for laptops. Sata as well.
916911
No, you can use the external hard drive, it only support internal hard drive, sorry for that.
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A solid state drive could be fitted to replace the existing hard drive. These are currently very expensive, particularly if you wanted to replace the existing 1 Terra-byte disc. There would not be room to fit an additional drive. Of course, you could always use an external SSD, utilising one of the many the USB ports.
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No, unfortunately not. An external drive is pretty cheap. I bought one when I bought the computer.
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No, you need disk 1. I currently have a downloaded copy but had the multiple disk set.
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Hi&#65292;this system has no hard driver pre installed&#65292;you could choose the hdd 500GB or 1TB as you like. Thank you.
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Hi I'm not sure because we have the slim. I only required the hard drive. No additional pieces.