Blue Iris

ever since I upgraded my Blue Iris to version 5, every few weeks i get a "disk not formatted" error on my second harddrive (which is used just for blue iris recordings, direct-to-disc, 24/7 on all ten cameras).

I can reformat the drive, and then it seems to work ok, until i get the same error in another couple weeks. Obvious answer is a flaky harddrive, but i replaced it a few weeks ago and the error just happened again today!

Both the previous and new drives are 4TB WesternDigital "Purple" drives. I had the first one going nonstop for over two years before this started happening (right after the upgrade to BL5). some people claim that the Purple drives are junk, but others swear by them, so who knows....

thanks for any thoughts! (and sorry if this double posted)

Not even a reply from someone from Blue Iris team on your issues? Did you get any resolution to this issue?

I would run the manufacturers diagnostic software on the flaky drive and see what that tells you. A new drive can be bad out of the box. I have also had no trouble yet with hard drives with BI4 and BI5, but I do keep all BI5 database and recording folders separate to my Windows drives.

Let us know what the diagnostic software says.