I have two 2tb HD’s in a hikvision 7608 and is like to take them and put them in the current 7608 I’m using which only has one 1 tb drive in it. Physically, it is easy to swap them but I’m wondering what happens to my settings (camera and nvr config) once I do this? My hope is that I can put the two drives in and just have it start where it left off. Any help is appreciated.
Swapping out hard drives
- Thread starter mpunt
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alastairstevenson
Staff member
The NVR settings are held in part of the NVR flash memory, not in the HDD.
I believe the settings in an exported configuration settings file are keyed to the NVR that it was taken from.
They are also keyed to the firmware version.
But easy enough to test that.
Not sure I followed that. Do I need to export the config files if they aren’t on the hard drives?
alastairstevenson
Staff member
I don't believe that you will be able to import a configuration file that's been exported from another NVR, but easy enough to try.
I don’t need the config file from the nvr that had the hard drives in it. I just need to take those two hds and put them in the current nvr I’m using.
alastairstevenson
Staff member
Sorry - I thought you were asking about transferring the settings / configuration over to the other NVR.
58chev
Pulling my weight
Nothing will happen to your settings, you just might have to initialize the HD's.