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Hikvision is one of the world’s largest video surveillance manufacturers and a leading brand in the video surveillance industry. Their top-of-the-line IoT solutions and video security systems set them apart from other DVR brands.

However, since all recorded videos get stored on the DVR’s hard drive, they might get accidentally deleted or lost. Losing CCTV footage can have potentially disastrous consequences if there’s some important information on the deleted or corrupted videos.

But don’t start worrying just yet. If you find yourself in such a situation, go through our detailed guide on how to recover deleted videos from the Hikvision CCTV system or DVR without any complications.

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Can You Recover Deleted Hikvision DVR Recordings?

Yes, using data recovery software, you can restore deleted Hikvision CCTV footage from different data storages like a hard drive, SSD, or Hikvision SD cards.

There are several available methods to assist users with recovering deleted videos. But before we dive into recovering corrupted or deleted videos from Hikvision CCTV systems, we must understand the various possible reasons for data loss and the corresponding solutions for data recovery.

To avoid significant data loss from the DVR due to unforeseen issues, make sure that you back up video recordings periodically.

How to Recover Permanently Deleted Hikvision DVR CCTV Footage

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Before we look at ways to repair corrupted Hikvision DVR data storage, let’s go through what you can do to recover your data beforehand. Some methods used to perform hard drive data recovery can result in the deletion of your existing data. Thus, you must first retrieve your lost Hikvision DVR recordings.

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Perhaps the best way to restore deleted Hikvision CCTV footage is to use trustworthy video recovery software. While several data recovery tools are available on the market, Disk Drill is one of the best data recovery apps.

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Disk Drill is a trustworthy DVR data recovery software with an impressive track record for successful recoveries, and it supports over 300 file types. While Disk Drill can retrieve deleted or lost video files in the MP4 format supported by Hikvision surveillance videos, it also supports other video formats such as AVI, FLV (Flash video), M4V (iTunes video), MPG (MPEG video), WMV (Windows Media Video). Moreover, the software is available on all major file systems – Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Disk Drill also comes packed with advanced features like S.M.A.R.T. disk Monitoring (hard drive health checks) and byte-to-byte level backups that can be useful in retrieving data from corrupt hard drives. Here’s a detailed guide on how to recover deleted or corrupted videos from Hikvision CCTV using Disk Drill:

1.Before you begin the recovery process, unmount the Hikvision DVR hard drive.

2.Download and Install Disk Drill.

3.Connect the unmounted hard drive to your computer or PC directly or via an adapter.

4.Launch Disk Drill on your computer. Now, select the hard drive from the list of devices your computer can access. While Disk Drill selects the All Recovery Methods option by default, you also choose from other recovery methods – Quick Scan or Deep Scan.

5.Click Search for Lost Data. Disk Drill’s advanced algorithm will scan through data storage for your deleted Hikvision CCTV recordings. The software also allows you to pause, save or resume the scan whenever you want.

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6.Once the scan is complete, you can filter through the results. Now, click Review Found Files. Disk Drill allows you to preview the files you want to get back and even recover up to 500 MB of data for free!

7.Once you’ve selected the videos you wish to restore from the Hikvision DVR hard drive, click the Recover button.

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You can also use the filter option to quickly locate your CCTV recordings. For instance, key in “mp4” into the top right hand corner field box and hit Enter.

8.Type in the recovery location and ensure you’re restoring your files to a different device from which you’ve just recovered data. Finally, click Ok.

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You can also use these steps to recover deleted or lost videos from other devices, such as video cameras or deleted dash cam footage. To learn more about Disk Drill and all its premium features, you can go through our comprehensive Disk Drill review.

How to Fix Corrupted Hikvision DVR Data Storage

After successfully retrieving lost Hikvision DVR recordings, you can attempt to fix corrupted Hikvision DVR data storage. Follow our step-by-step guide to repair the hard drive without any hassles.

Method 1. Repair Partition Using TestDisk

TestDisk is a powerful, open-source data recovery tool primarily designed to recover lost partitions, fix partition tables and rebuild the boot sector. It’s available for free and can run on all major operating systems. Once you’ve recovered your deleted videos, you can attempt to repair the corrupted Hikvision DVR hard drive using TestDisk.

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Interesting Read: How To Face Detection – Face Recognition

Here’s how you can repair partition using TestDisk:

1.Download and unzip the TestDisk folder. In our case, the folder was named “testdisk-7.1.win”.

2.Right-click testdisk_win and click Run as administrator.

3.Use the arrow keys to select the No Log option, then hit Enter. You can also click Create to create a log if you like, append info to an existing one, or not create one at all.

4.Now, select the Hikvision DVR hard drive and press Enter.

5.Select the partition table type. For Windows users, select Intel. Now, press Enter.

6.Next, select the Analyse option and hit Enter. On the next screen, click Quick Search to begin the partition recovery process.

7.After the scan is complete, the missing partition will appear on the screen. Select the partition you wish to recover and follow the prompts on the screen. Move to the Write option and press Enter.

8.Press Y to write the partition table and press Enter again.

To know more about the pros and cons of using TestDisk to recover data and partition recovery, look at our in-depth TestDisk review.

Method 2. Scan Your Drive Using CMD (chkdsk)

The CheckDisk utility (chkdsk) is an in-built command in Windows that can scan and resolve any problems it discovers on your hard drive. If bad sectors or errors on your Hikvision DVR disk have caused data to be deleted or overwritten, they can be repaired using the CMD prompt.

Here’s how you can scan and fix the DVR hard drive with the CheckDisk utility:

1.Go to the Start menu and type in cmd. Now, select the Run as administrator option.

2.Once the Command Prompt window opens, run the following command: chkdsk F: /r (Remember to replace F with the drive letter assigned to your hard drive).

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Here, we’ve used the /r parameter. It fixes any errors on the disk and searches for bad sectors.

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FAQs

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How to recover overwritten CCTV footage from Hikvision DVR?

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Here’s how you can recover overwritten CCTV footage from Hikvision DVR:

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What is the best DVR data recovery software?

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While several data recovery tools are available on the market, Disk Drill is the best DVR data recovery software. It supports the MP4 format supported by Hikvision CCTV footage and other video formats such as AVI, FLV (Flash video), M4V (iTunes video), MPG (MPEG video), WMV (Windows Media Video). Moreover, the software is available on all major file systems – Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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Can you recover deleted CCTV footage for free?

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There are certain data recovery software that offer free recovery. For instance, Disk Drill allows you to recover up to 500 MB of CCTV footage for free. If you need to recover more data, check out software like PhotoRec and Recuva

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Does CCTV footage get deleted automatically?

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It depends on the DVR settings and the capacity of your hard drive. In some cases, old CCTV footage may be deleted periodically, i.e., after a month or a week. In other instances, CCTV recordings may get deleted or overwritten due to a lack of space.

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Conclusion

The videos and recordings from CCTV surveillance systems often hold essential security information. The methods outlined in this article should answer all your questions on recovering lost or deleted CCTV footage from Hikvision DVR hard drive.

You can use these techniques to retrieve surveillance videos from any Hikvision CCTV camera model and even repair the corrupted DVR hard drive for future use.

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Uniview’s Facial Recogition / Monitoring feature can only be used with a Smart Bar and EPB recorder
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Upgrade your NVR and your smart bar through your NVR’s maintenance interface

Step 1 – Enable monitoring on your recorder

To enable monitoring, go to Smart -> Monitoring -> Add Monitoring Task on your browser

Step 2 – Select a camera to monitor

While adding a monioting task, enable, adjust the sensitivity to your needs, and save

Step 3 – Enable recogniton on your camera

3a – Go to Setup -> VCA -> Face Detection
3b – Select your camera, and enable both Face Recognition and Face Shot
3c – Change your Recognition Mode to NVR Recognition
3d – Select either Full Screen as a detection area, or specify your own area right below it
3e – Adjust your sensitivity and save

Step 4 – Setting up the faces to recognize

Perform these steps after giving your recorder time to accumulate faces to its’ database

Step 5 – How to search for a matching face

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To configure face recognition:

Step 1. From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Main Menu.

Step 2. Click EVENTS, then click the Face Recognition tab on the side panel.

Step 3. Select a camera to configure face recognition for.

Step 4. Click to enable / disable face recognition on the selected channel.

Step 5. Click Setup next to Schedule to choose which days and times of the week to enable face recognition:

• Click or click-and-drag along the each of the blue timelines to quickly add or remove time from each day’s schedule in 15–minute segments.
• Select 2 or more the days to link schedules. This allows you to quickly change multiple schedules at once.
• To make fine adjustments to a schedule, click settings. This will allow you to set exact start and end times for a schedule.

Step 6. Click Setup next to Target Face Database.

• Check the box next to the face database that you want to use for Face Recognition.
• Click OK.

Step 7. Click to enable Unfamiliar Face Alarm. Setup alarms if a face has been detected that has not been added to the face database (also labeled “stranger” in AI mode).

Step 8. Click the icon under modify to adjust the Similarity value.

• Enter a value for the Similarity from 1% being the lowest to 100% being the highest.
• Click OK.

Step 9. Click the icon under Parameters to set the alarms for face recognition.

Step 10. Click Apply to save all changes.

Congratulations! You have successfully configured face recognition on your D861 Series recorder.

How to create a face database?

To build a face database, you can create a face database list and add faces to each database from a USB drive or live captured faces in AI mode.

To create a database:

Step 1. From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Main Menu.

Step 2. Click EVENTS, then click the Face Database tab on the side panel.

Step 3. Click Add in the bottom right of the screen to add a new database.

Step 4. Enter a name for the database.

Step 5. Click OK.

The created database will appear in the face database list.

How to add a face to the database by USB?

To add a face to the face database:

Step 1. From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Main Menu.

Step 2. Click EVENTS, then click the Face Database tab on the side panel.

Step 3. Select a database from the list and click the details icon to configure.

Step 4. Click Register to add a face to the database. The USB drive will automatically load.

Step 5. Click + to upload a new face image.

Step 6. Use the Register window to add additional information to the face entry, including name and gender.

Step 7. Click OK to save.

The added face will appear in the face database.

Add by USB Drive (Batch Add)

Face pictures can also be imported in batches which is useful when adding a large number of faces at one time.

Add Captured Faces

You can add images to build the face database by using images that have been captured in AI mode.

NOTE: To capture faces using Face Detection, AI mode must be enabled in Live View. From the Live View display, right-click Quick Menu and hover over the Live View option. Click on AI mode to enable.

How to add a face captured by AI mode?

To add a face captured by AI mode:

Step 1. From the Live View display, AI mode will display recently captured faces on the right side of the screen.

Step 2. Double-click on the face that you want to add.

Step 3. Click the button Add to Face Database for the register window to appear.

Step 4. Check the box next to the database that you want to add the face to.

Step 5. Add additional details for the face entry including a name.

Step 6. Click OK to save. The added face will appear in the face database.

Face Detection

When enabled, Face Detection can detect the faces of persons as they enter the camera’s field of view.

Face Detection is disabled by default. You must enable it in the recorder.

Step 1. Go to Main Menu > Event > Events Settings.

Step 2. Under Face Settings, click Face Detection.

Step 3. Now, select the (A) Camera you want Face Detection to be enabled with, then turn the Enable button to (B) ON.

Step 4. Then, configure the rest of the features based on your preferences:

• Select Area
• Schedule
• Show Message
• Record Channel
• PTZ Activation
• Sequence
• Snapshot
• Buzzer
• Warning Light

Step 5. At the bottom right corner of the screen, click Apply to save your changes.

Congratulations! You have successfully enabled Face Detection on your recorder.

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