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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 500GB, and make sure there’s no remote user before formatting the
HDD.
The general operations are as below:
MODE
=> Format
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
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
Press this button to clear the HDD. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press
ENTER
to confirm, or
ESC
to cancel.
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
(and recorded) before, it will be partitioned according to the Alarm Record Size (%) and
Normal Record Size (%) displayed on the screen, and the previously recorded contents
will all be cleared.
SCW-7704 User Manual
SCW-7704 User Manual