Iris Innovations IM-DVR-04, User Manual

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6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear
In HDD Setup display, press MODE to call up HDD Format/Clear screen as shown.
The HDD must be formatted before it can be used to record video/audio. The
HDD Format/Clear screen allows the administrator to format and/or clear each HDD,
and set the size for Alarm Record partition and Normal Record partition for each
HDD.
Please use only HDD with maximum storage size as 1TB.
The general operations are as below:
 MODE => Format (Mouse: Left click)
Press this button to format the HDD. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the
screen, press
ENTER to confirm, or ESC to cancel. Please note that it would
take about 40 seconds to a few minutes to format a brand new HDD.
Note: If the HDD has not been formatted yet, it will be formatted and partitioned
with default record size, 30% for Alarm record and 70% for Normal record.
If it has been formatted before, it will be formatted according to the Alarm
REC Size (%) and Normal REC Size (%) displayed on the screen, but the
previously recorded contents within the new size won’t be cleared and will
be accessible.
 SEQ => Clear (Mouse: Left click)
Press this button to clear the HDD. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the
screen, press
ENTER to confirm, or ESC to cancel.
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