First, there is probably no real need to do both continuous and triggered recordings. That simply duplicates the trigger recordings. When continuous recording is used with motion detection the triggered events are easily viewed from the timeline or the alerts pane. In fact, with continuous recording alerts are nothing more than "markers" in the database for the alerts so they do not take up any additional disk space.
You can view the continuous recordings simply by selecting "new" in the dropdown menu on the upper left of the console screen that typically shows "alerts".
If you're reviewing your alerts it can be much easier, and much faster, to use UI3, the web interface. The animation in the gifs makes it very quick and easy to review hours worth in a few minutes.