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My DVR is at 82% capacity so I decided to add a 1tb external hard drive. I made the connections and rebooted both the new HD and the DVR. On the DVR menu I now have two drives, one called the internal and one called the external. The internal is still at 82% and all the new recordings seem to be going onto the external drive since it is indicating about 5%.
I have read where others who have added an external HD have seen their capacity go from the original capacity, say 82%, to 20% or so after adding the external HD. They still see only one storage drive on their DVR menu. How to I get my two drives to combine into one, and why are my new recording going onto the new drive, leaving the original drive stuck at 82%?
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@wmoran wrote:My DVR is at 82% capacity so I decided to add a 1tb external hard drive. I made the connections and rebooted both the new HD and the DVR. On the DVR menu I now have two drives, one called the internal and one called the external. The internal is still at 82% and all the new recordings seem to be going onto the external drive since it is indicating about 5%.
I have read where others who have added an external HD have seen their capacity go from the original capacity, say 82%, to 20% or so after adding the external HD. They still see only one storage drive on their DVR menu. How to I get my two drives to combine into one, and why are my new recording going onto the new drive, leaving the original drive stuck at 82%?
I think what you are seeing is how it works -- it reports the capacity of both drives separately. The software always places new recordings on the external drive until it is filled up -- that's the way it works.
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@wmoran wrote:My DVR is at 82% capacity so I decided to add a 1tb external hard drive. I made the connections and rebooted both the new HD and the DVR. On the DVR menu I now have two drives, one called the internal and one called the external. The internal is still at 82% and all the new recordings seem to be going onto the external drive since it is indicating about 5%.
I have read where others who have added an external HD have seen their capacity go from the original capacity, say 82%, to 20% or so after adding the external HD. They still see only one storage drive on their DVR menu. How to I get my two drives to combine into one, and why are my new recording going onto the new drive, leaving the original drive stuck at 82%?
I think what you are seeing is how it works -- it reports the capacity of both drives separately. The software always places new recordings on the external drive until it is filled up -- that's the way it works.
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So the DVR drive will start to fill only after the external is full?
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@wmoran wrote:So the DVR drive will start to fill only after the external is full?
Yes, the external drive is filled before the internal is used for new recordings.
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Thanks. I may not see that because I don't know I'll ever fill a 1tb drive.