When hard drive fills up does it automatically start overwriting starting over again from beginning of hard drive?
498912
i reread your question and here's a clarification. it automatically overrides data. old data gets deleted to constantly keeps about 3 weeks worth on hard drive at all times
498913
yes. it does. nothing to do on your parts it keeps what it can then deletes some and keeps going. keeps about 3 weeks worth per 500 gb drive
498914
Hi:Hi:Yes, the process is automatic, in any case there are several options on the recording mode, the default is to overwrite. I hope this information will help ..Regards
1755480
Yes - I dedicated the drive to backups and they're automatically stored via the "Time Machine" app onto this drive. The nice thing about the drive is that it auto spins up/down when the drive is use (vs my older external SATA drive which spins 24x7x365)
1532759
Yes, it will default cover the old files after the hard drive is full, but you can change the setting from the NVR, thanks.
1112435
I've actually copied a few smaller to larger drives, but I can't remember how it handled the partition on the new drives. If it didn't automatically resize to fill the drive, then it was trivial to do within Windows because I know I didn't spend a lot of time doing it, and I definitely didn't use partitioning software.
519353
you set it's frequency of backup. also, the drive always checks the status of the computer. if no back up is required, the WD drive does nothing.
1010213
You should be good to go. I don't keep it up all the time, but I have left it connected for weeks at a time. The hard drive is out in the open so it won't really overheat, and there is a power switch on it, so you can turn it off but leave it all setup when the drive is not in use.
1281495
Yes, the 1TB hard drive already installed and configured, but i would suggest you to format the hard drive when you first open it, thank you.
801371
I am not sure. But like you I am also having problems with my hard drive. It has to be replaced.
1899454
That's usually the sign of a failed or damaged hard drive. Call HP support. They might cover it.
475150
yes, my goes into a "sleep mode" when not in use after about a minute or so. On the front are a row of blue lights indicating the hard drives are in use. When in the sleep mode they are not lite but when processing they are scanning with blue lights. My 4 hard drives serve as independent and are not tied as one large hard drive. I have three 2 TB and one 3 TB in my case. Works well for me. Never trust any hard drive........I back up with at least two external back ups. I have four external hard drive from WD & Seagate just so I do not loose data. Using the cloud would be out of the question for me.Hope this helps.Bill M. yes, my goes into a "sleep mode" when not in use after about a minute or so. On the front are a row of blue lights indicating the hard drives are in use. When in the sleep mode they are not lite but when processing they are scanning with blue lights. My 4 hard drives serve as independent and are not tied as one large hard drive. I have three 2 TB and one 3 TB in my case. Works well for me. Never trust any hard drive........I back up with at least two external back ups. I have four external hard drive from WD & Seagate just so I do not loose data. Using the cloud would be out of... » Read More yes, my goes into a "sleep mode" when not in use after about a minute or so. On the front are a row of blue lights indicating the hard drives are in use. When in the sleep mode they are not lite but when processing they are scanning with blue lights. My 4 hard drives serve as independent and are not tied as one large hard drive. I have three 2 TB and one 3 TB in my case. Works well for me. Never trust any hard drive........I back up with at least two external back ups. I have four external hard drive from WD & Seagate just so I do not loose data. Using the cloud would be out of the question for me.Hope this helps.Bill M. « Show Less
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Fill it & push the start button. Happened this am. Occasionally it starts back w/o hitting start!
1449584
Yes, it WILL overwrite old data when the SD card becomes full. Additionally, it will resume recording when power is lost and resumes.
255760
Hi. I have one of these and it automatically overwrites when the card is full.
1770071
That's exactly how I'm using the drive. I do a scheduled backup of changes to specific dirs to the drive using USB.
638089
It Has to re-boot, so it starts from the beginning. My 4 Gig drive stopped working after 1 week.
1962509
Yes it does and when you return the emptied bucket, it automatically starts up again.
499068
It should not matter what is on the drive. It will copy what is there. Keep in mind you need to copy to a drive of the same size or larger but larger you lose the extra space.