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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Figured it's only $15. Seller offered a free return but I am trying to get this going....so I stuck her in the box and it seems to work. It's a wd....I can't seem to locate any platter drive utilities on their site...just ssd. For now windows says it is healthy. I loaded the free version on...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Ok -- well I ordered the backup platter drive and the UPS...... The platter drive came today.....brand new in a sealed static bag I have bought a ton of HDDs over the years......ALWAYS shipped in a box with copious bubblewrap if not the factory packaging. But this one was sent in one of those...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Yeah I agree. And at work, this is my exact tact. But this is a home system so I am trying to be frugal since I do not have a deep budget. ;) A UPS is on my radar, just have to decide which one I can get under $250 and order it. I have a backup drive coming so I can clone etc..... A new...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Soooooooooooooooooooooooo........................ Went to bed right after I posted my last post......all was well..... Woke up this morning and the PC was hung at the "choose boot device" CMOS screen. Aaaaaaaand......my brand new SSD system drive was not on that list. W. T. H...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Thanks....I realized I also renamed my cameras different than originally....and really there was nothing in the footage needed....so I just cleared out all the video and jpgs prior to the rebuild going back online. Why worry. The DB had not repaired itself yet and I figured may as well start...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    I'll assume the "worst" here but... Seeing as it was the system drive that fired and wiped everything out.....assume that the db that referenced the almost 4 TB of files in my "new" and "stored" folders are inaccessible to the new install? In the new install I have the db folder set up on the...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Well, BI makes it easy! Cool! Thanks much. Now I just have to remember to do it. LOL
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Relative to this whole exploit I have gone thru --- is there a way to save/backup just the configuations for BI in a seperate file on a USB drive or something? In the main settings panel; there is a "export" button, but when I do that it wants to save a ".reg" file..... Is that right?
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    Brillcam POE dropping

    So after my hard drive crash a couple days ago I am reconfiguring everything. Had forgotten about sub streams so I did that this morning....and that brings up the "profile" thing again, where I left off above. Hope its cool to continue this thread for this question? I am still having a time...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Picked up a WD WD5000AURX 500GB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA platter drive on ebay for $16 new sealed......will use that for the backup instant switchover as you folks have recommended.
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Got her all rebuilt. ALL DAY affair. windows took forever. Tehn I had some Ip issues...luckily I took fair notes. So all day, a new drive and I am where I was this morning before the crash. Lol. But windows is updated. I still have to remember how to set up dual streams to save on cpu...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Thanks Yeah I know better but got lazy. Drained my cmos by pulling the battery, got into the cmos and the new drive boots up, windows is installed, now doing all the windows updates. Ugh. In the old days I had my video edit system on sleds...three or four main drives ready to boot up if I...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    ....and of course I can't find my activation code sticker. Hoping the windows servers see my system and ok it .
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Exactly! Square ones? Easy. Round.....now that is a challenge. To make things more interesting I realized I forgot my hips password. Luckily so far the windows dvd is booting up..... hopeful that it will see my new ssd
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Oh it is making some noise...LOL...not as bad as i have ever heard but bad enough to know there is something unhappy in there.....sigh It was old.....so it is what it is ....I just wish I had thought to backup to another drive like y'all are saying. I had planned to......"when I got a round...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Could I not use a second SSDD as the backup system drive if I wanted to go that expense? I have not heard of "Macrium"......almost sounds like a MAC product? LOL
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Oh well.....some days you are the bird, some days you are the worm. The last few days I have been the worm. LOL Hopefully the rebuild goes smoothly. I will have to download BI again etc but that is probably gonna be the EASIEST part. Yank the second nic Yank the storage drive (already...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    My windows is home version 64 bit and that version (as far as I know) doesnt allow that...only to delay.......UUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH! That said, looks like my system drive is toast ---- mobo is not seeing it at bootup and it is making some fun noises during power up.......I am gonna go grab a...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Well, for me now this whole conversation is moot. I had delayed windows updates til today.....system was perfect for this entire month or more. Windows was prompting me to restart to install the now mandatory updates. Ok. Closed BI.....restarted Windows updated a while then an error saying...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    SO I am looking at the APC 1500 units.....with powerchute. 3 minutes full load....enough to deal with a very short power outage but not much more.....powercute will shut down the PC to prevent data loss but nothing as far as if the UPC will power itself and the PC back on when the power is...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    Thanks for the suggestions! I love the $1500 one...LOL....but unfortunately overkill for me I think. I did realize that the way I am setup right now, I can put the BI computer and the POE switch on the UPS.....but that two of my cameras are on powerline adaptors......so they wouldnt work if...
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    UPS for use with Blue Iris system

    I am amazed at how solid and reliable BI has been over the last two months or so of my using it. Several fine folks on this board are THE reason I tried it and I owe a debt of gratitude to you folks! I am set up so the few times that BI has crashed (or maybe it was a PC restart etc) BI runs in...
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    Dissed by BI?

    I had sent my comments to the BI author and he said he would change the disclaimer language .. Glad to see he did!
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    Issues now with new Comcast router

    I see you have figured it out. Good job! I also feel the way you do...one wrong number and kaBOOM. LOL One thing I can suggest as a newbie....DOCUMENT all of your settings, addresses etc as much as possible. Then you can quickly scan stuff and see what needs tweaked.
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    Issues now with new Comcast router

    I am very much a newbie here and trust me when I tell you that folks like Wittaj know what they are talking about. I have Comcast as well....and trying to get their help will do nothing but get you a headache. Lol. I am still using Comcast modem gateway but have switched it to bridge mode and...
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    Dissed by BI?

    It's funny.....everyone here is so helpful ...and the info is so forthcoming....and it's so CORRECT...I had assumed that this forum WAS the official forum for BI. Hell, I even bought my license THROUGH THIS FORUM!!!!! I understand , sort of, the developer trying to placate the karens out...
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    Dissed by BI?

    So as I was perusing the BI help function for setting up email, I found this reference to IPCAMTALK: "Although you may stumble upon other camera forums online, you are advised to proceed with caution. Specifically, we do NOT support and are NOT affiliated with the “IPCamTalk” forum and have in...
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    Best way to "run as service" ?

    SO,......talk about irony.... I just sat down to try what you guys are saying and it looks like BI crashed out..... :( I was met with the windows lock screen. Gonna set up as a service now...or at least try.
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    Best way to "run as service" ?

    Thanks to you both! Sorry for asking what I am sure is the 10,000th time you guys have answered this question..... LOL I assumed it had to be soemthing done within windows and researching that started to make my brain hurt.
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    Best way to "run as service" ?

    I did a search on the general forum, looked at the wikki.....a lot of references to running BI as a service so that if windows crashes it will automagically restart and run, but I havent seen any sort of how to..... My BI system has been remarkably stable (knock wood) for the past weeks....but...
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