Hard drive issues - VIGI NVR1016H(UN)
The device started to produce a sound every 5 seconds. I discovered that it's due to a hard drive issue. The hard drive can be accessed and connected to a MacBook, and can even be formatted to FAT32. However, the format button is not available in the NVR software. On the mobile application, the format button is available but doesn't work. When I try to format the hard drive from the mobile application, I get an error. The size of the drive is initially reduced to 1TB, then after a while, it grows to 5TB and remains unchanged. I have a 2TB WD Blue hard drive that worked for one year without problems. I have tried formatting the hard drive from the MacBook to FAT32 and inserting it back into the device, but the problem persists. I've noticed that users on this forum reported the same problem 2 years ago, but it was not solved. The hard drive works well when connected to other devices but it doesn't work when connected to NVR.