CCTV Digital Recorder

[l5foye]

I have CCTV with 1 camera. It has failed to record images. The supplier/installer came and looked at the recorder and said the hard drive had gone. A friend tried the recorder on a PC and you could hear it turning. Would this suggest the hard drive is ok and that the problem is something else?

 

[markmifsud]

just because the HD can be heard to rotate does not mean anything, they are cheap enough so just pop a replacement HD in and get recording

 

[jazzyglobe]

Make sure you replace with a HD designed for CCTV. These normally have uprated bearings and inernals as designed to be running 24/7. Dont use a standard desktop HDD.

 

[l5foye]

Is it a simple matter to replace the hard drive? Can I just unplug old HD and install new HD or is there more to it than that?

 

[jazzyglobe]

Should be just plug and play.

 

[John]

just because the HD can be heard to rotate does not mean anything

Indeed.

One would have to plug the disk in to a PC directly or via an enclosure and format it to see if it is working OK - then test it.

Not really worth it as said.

You can always take the replacement hard disk out and sell it later should it prove not to be that...