CCTV HDD 50% full but UI3 is saying its 96% full

[Afranze]

Hi
This may have something to do with myself setting up BI5 on a new machine and installing my physical HDD to this new machine without wiping my previous recorded video files on it

I had BI5 on an older PC and recently bought a new one
Installed and set up BI5 again as a fresh copy and set everything up from scratch. Did not import settings
I also put my CCTV HDD in the new computer as mentioned above without formatting or deleting files

I noticed my UI3 is saying the disk is 96% ( does this mean full?)
Windows says its around 50% full

Would it have something to do with my settings or putting my hdd in without deleting files?\

Any advice would be appreciated
Screenshots below for info:

 

[TonyR]

Hi
This may have something to do with myself setting up BI5 on a new machine and installing my physical HDD to this new machine without wiping my previous recorded video files on it

I had BI5 on an older PC and recently bought a new one
Installed and set up BI5 again as a fresh copy and set everything up from scratch. Did not import settings
I also put my CCTV HDD in the new computer as mentioned above without formatting or deleting files

I noticed my UI3 is saying the disk is 96% ( does this mean full?)
Windows says its around 50% full

Would it have something to do with my settings or putting my hdd in without deleting files?\

Any advice would be appreciated
Screenshots below for info:
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Yes, you should have formatted that drive before using in in BI.
Once you done that then rebuild the database.
Do not use "Limit Clip Age", use only size.
Lastly, I suggest you follow "My Standard Allocation Post" from @SouthernYankee .

 

[Afranze]

Yes, you should have formatted that drive before using in in BI.
Once you done that then rebuild the database.
Do not use "Limit Clip Age". use only size.
Lastly, I suggest you follow "My Standard Allocation Post" from @SouthernYankee .

Thanks ill format it now and re-build the DB

and also follow your guide

I was wondering also about my storage settings

Not really sure I understand the limit clip age and size thing

 

[TonyR]

Thanks ill format it now and re-build the DB

and also follow your guide

I was wondering also about my storage settings

Not really sure I understand the limit clip age and size thing

Yes, it can be complicated, especially to a new user but southernyankees's instructions are the culmination of several years of experience from several users and seems to be the best practice when it comes to how you allocate the drives in BI.

 

[Afranze]

Yes, it can be complicated, especially to a new user but southernyankees's instructions are the culmination of several years of experience from several users and seems to be the best practice when it comes to how you allocate the drives in BI.

Thanks his instruction where very good and they all made perfect common sense to me. I've one them all already

Ive got a 2 TB surveillance HDD and use direct to disk on all cams
I got rid of the stored folder and set to delete
formatted drive, unchecked clip age and allocated 1.53 TB of space ( allocated 85% for clips)



+ did the other suggestions