Clare Controls 16-Channel NVR with PoE, User Manual

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Chapter 11
HDD Management
Initializing HDDs
Initialize the hard disk drive (HDD) before using it with your NVR.
Notes
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When the NVR starts, a dialog displays if any uninitialized HDD exists.
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Initializing the HDD will erase all existing data on it.
Figure 39: Dialog of uninitialized HDD
Click Yes to initialize it immediately, or you can perform the following steps to
initialize the HDD.
To initialize HDD:
1. Enter the HDD Information interface (Menu > HDD > General).
2. Select the HDD for initialization.
3. Click the Init button.