What to do if your HDD says no recording?

SATA cable could be bad too. You should try unplugging and plugging cable back in. So I bought a new SATA cable and tried that with the new HDD and is still gave the “No available HDD for recording” message. At this point should I just return the new HDD I bought from a 3rd party as incompatible or defective ?

Why does my DVR say no HDD is available?

Today when I swapped out the hard drives, I got the on screen message “No HDD available for recording”. I took the DVR cover off again and checked to make sure the HDD was plugged in securely and reseated the connectors. 100% sure it is snapped in properly, but on power up it gave the same message and it is obviously not recording. What can I do ?

Why does my sd card stop recording movies?

A corrupt SD card can cause the movie recording to stop automatically. Thus, if your SD card has been infected by one virus or the other, it will affect your video recording. Now that the sources of the problem have been ascertained, what then are the solutions? Keep reading, and you will find out:

Why is my movie recording has been stopped automatically?

Sometimes, the error “Movie recording has been stopped automatically” is triggered because the camera has a higher bitrate than the card can handle. This only means that the proper solution is to lower the bitrate to accommodate the memory card’s capacity.

What to do if your hard drive is not recording?

100% sure it is snapped in properly, but on power up it gave the same message and it is obviously not recording. What can I do ? Replace the Hard Disk Drive. Many Hard Drives come dead from the Factory and this one can be one of them. This hard Drive is on the Compatibility list.

What does it mean when there is no HDD in a DVR?

It wasnt to show the recorded video, but instead to show [closer to] what it would look like on a local monitor. As mentioned, NO HDD means there is no Hard Drive in the DVR, or the DVR software did not find one. It aint recording your video. You need a hard drive.

How to determine if your CCTV DVR hard drive hard failed?

CCTV Camera Pros created this page to show customers the steps taken when determining if a hard drive failure has occurred on iDVR-PRO surveillance DVRs. These same steps can be used for iDVR-E and other brand security camera DVRs as well. Here are a few examples of situations that may indicate your hard drive has failed.

Why is my hard drive spinning on my DVR?

It is not uncommon to have a hard drive error on your Security DVR or Network Video Recorder (NVR). Hard drives have spinning discs (or platters) inside which are constantly rotating at 5400rpm or 7200rpm.