CALL
=> Physical Format
Press this button to physically format the selected HDD. A confirmation dialog will be
shown on the screen, press
ENTER
to confirm, or
ESC
to cancel.
Please note that the
recording will be always
optimized for performance & lifetime
no matter it’s for the
first time or for the one hundredth time.
The formatting would take less than 1
minute. We strongly recommend that the user use this physical format function to
format the HDD for the first time.
Note: The HDD will be physically formatted and partitioned with default record size,
30% for Alarm record and 70% for Normal record. All the previously recorded
contents will be cleared.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to HDD Setup display. If the
Save dialog is shown, press
ENTER
to exit and save,
ESC
to exit without saving.
Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:
Alarm Recording HDD
– the current HDD for alarm recording. This item is just for
information.
Normal Recording HDD
– the current HDD for normal recording. This item is just for
information.
Size (GB)
– the total storage in GB (Giga-Byte) for this HDD if it has been formatted.
This item is just for information.
Alarm Record(%)
– Alarm Record Size (in percentage) for this HDD. Please follow
the Text Input method described in
Section 4.1
to change the value.
Normal Record(%)
– Normal Record Size (in percentage) for this HDD. It equals to
(100% - Alarm Record Size). This item is just for information.
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