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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.
Each of the HDDs 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 note that the HDD IDs for the internal HDDs in the DVR
start from ID 1.
The general operations are as below:
(Mouse: Left click)
Press these buttons to select the items. The display will scroll left/right if the
selected item is not shown on the screen.
MODE
=> Format
(Mouse: Left click)
Press this button to format the selected 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 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 selected HDD. A confirmation dialog will be
shown on the screen, press
ENTER
to confirm, or
ESC
to cancel.
