Dm Eco4: Defaulting Hard Drive?

[timmo66]

Guys,

 

Got hold of an Eco4 as part of an upgrade. Needs a new fan (which dont cost much) but I was hoping to knock it on afterwards.

 

I obviously dont want to sell it with a hard drive full of images. Is there a way of defaulting the hard drive from the DVR? I have done a reset from the menus but that only seems to default programming.

[breff]

Easiest way is put it on its highest record setting, attach a camera, loop the output of cam1 to cam2 and cam 2 to cam3 etc, point the camera at the wall and leave it recording until it fills up

[timmo66]

I did think about doing it this way, or leave it powered up with no camera connected so that it records a black screen for a couple of weeks. Assuming that the older ones record with no camera inputs?

[Lwillis]

Remove hdd, formatt in normal pc.

Reconnect and the dvr should re formatt the hdd when it boots up.

Is there not a reinlitilize option on those ?

Should be an option to format the hdd

[timmo66]

Is there not a reinlitilize option on those ?

Should be an option to format the hdd

 

This is what I was hoping for, but I couldnt see anything within the DVR menus to format the drive

[Lwillis]

Just had a look at the manual. No format options.

Either take the hdd out and format. Or record a blank screen for a few weeks.

[sixwheeledbeast]

Remove hdd, formatt in normal pc.

Reconnect and the dvr should re formatt the hdd when it boots.

This will not completely remove the images.

I'd either use a killdisc like program in a desktop or record nothing on highest frame rate for a while like above.

[james.wilson]

im fairly sure the os is on the drive so I wouldn't format it.

[breff]

Do not format the drive, the OS is on it as James says

[timmo66]

second thoughts, the DVR may be more use to me than the pennies that they fetch for second hand.