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Managing Disks 81
Formatting Disk
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be first formatted before it can be used with
your DVR. Formatting the disk will erase all data on it.
To format a new disk:
1. Enter the Disk Management menu, shown in Figure 54 by going to Main Menu
> System Configuration > Disk Management.
2. Select a disk to format. A disk that has not been formatted will show Error
Detected as its status. If the disk is one that is newly installed, the status of the
drive will show up as Non-Active and the Reformat button will change to the
Add button.
3. Click the Reformat/Add button.
4. A confirmation message, similar to the one shown in Figure 55 will appear on
the screen. Click the Yes button to continue formatting process.
Figure 55. Disk Format Confirmation
5. A format progress bar (Figure 56) will be shown on the menu. After the disk
has been formatted, the status of the disk will change to
Active .
Figure 56. Disk Format Progress Bar
6. Click the Done button to exit out of Disk Management.