fcaw11 0 Posted December 4, 2009 I have a question for anyone who is in this industry of security & CCTV. Is it normal practice to not give CD of the DVR card software to the client on a PC based system? Just the complete working pc based DVR & installation onsite? Reason I ask, I have a new client with a dead hard drive DVR. I reinstalled Windows XP on a new drive, but no software for the DVR card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted December 4, 2009 maybe they lost or misplaced the CD/DVDs that came with the PC? Normally they would place those in the motherboard box, or if it is a kind of OEM type DVR setup, they should at least have provided a Restore Disk that has everything on it. Should be able to get it from the internet though, which DVR is it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted December 4, 2009 I know with the Vigil DVRs, they image the operational system drive onto the data drive, then provide you a bootable CD with HDD diagnostic utilities, and the imaging software (PowerQuest Drive Image). If your system drive fails, you just swap in a new one, boot from the CD, and reimage the system. The Vigil software is all freely downloadable from their website, and will run as a 30-day trial without registration codes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crirvine 0 Posted December 5, 2009 Well in my state Tn a computer tech is not a state lic cctv tech also oem os support is furnised by the builder so we control software and hardware. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites