Lorex N843A8

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roman_ivanov

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Hi everyone,
I have lorex N843A8 and I'm trying to upgrade HDD there from 2 TB to 4 tb.
new one is not visible by the system at all - I go to HDD info and it's not there.

4 tb I got is WD40PURX, I took it from old recorder - amcrest - that does not support 4k cameras - and it was working there.
 
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roman_ivanov said:
Hi everyone,
I have lorex N843A8 and I'm trying to upgrade HDD there from 2 TB to 4 tb.
new one is not visible by the system at all - I go to HDD info and it's not there.

4 tb I got is WD40PURX, I took it from old recorder - amcrest - that does not support 4k cameras - and it was working there.
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Welcome @roman_ivanov

Double check the cables from the motherboard to the HDD ( power, data ) ..


lorex N843A8

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HDDs instructions..

DVR / NVR - How to Remove and Install a New Hard Disk Drive | LOREX Support

The system comes with a pre-installed 3.5" SATA hard drive. You can replace the hard drive with one up to a maximum size of 8TB or 10TB (varies per model).
help.lorextechnology.com help.lorextechnology.com
 
I have swapped the drives back and forth I believe already 5 times.
Old one is working fine, new one is not visible at all.
Old one was formatted previously by Amcrest, that should be the same format as for lorex as they both resellers for dacia, right?
 
roman_ivanov said:
I have swapped the drives back and forth I believe already 5 times.
Old one is working fine, new one is not visible at all.
Old one was formatted previously by Amcrest, that should be the same format as for lorex as they both resellers for dacia, right?
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I would think so, however never know if Dahua changed something ..

probably time to see what Lorex support may say ..

hmmm .. perhaps time to reformat on a PC ?
 
Lorex support said - please purchase HDD from us.
I attached both hard drives to PC, but it says - uninitialized.
I don't know if my enclosure is wrong or it's because it's windows.
What format should it be for Lorex?
 
roman_ivanov said:
Lorex support said - please purchase HDD from us.
I attached both hard drives to PC, but it says - uninitialized.
I don't know if my enclosure is wrong or it's because it's windows.
What format should it be for Lorex?
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I'm not certain the format it would be using, I would push on Lorex to get someone who knows their tech on a tech support line .. "buy from us" = sales person

if too many issues .. perhaps time to return it and try Blue Iris ..
 
mat200 said:
I'm not certain the format it would be using, I would push on Lorex to get someone who knows their tech on a tech support line .. "buy from us" = sales person

if too many issues .. perhaps time to return it and try Blue Iris ..
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I bought it as a set with cameras and recorder there was a free addition.
 
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marmot said:
There are 2 different places in the interface. Hdd information which shows formatted disks (17.5.2) and storage manager which is used to format disks (17.6.14).
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Should it beep multiple times on unformatted hdd?
I'm looking for a second place now...
 
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