Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation
Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 2000
NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows XP is almost identical to Windows 2000.
1.
Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable.
2.
Turn on your computer.
3.
The USB device icon should display on the Taskbar.
4.
If the USB-IDE hard disk drive is partitioned or has data, it will show up in
My Computer
as
a hard disk drive icon. Check the file system by right clicking on the icon and checking under
Properties
>
General
>
File System.
If the file system is NOT FAT32 format, format the
USB-IDE hard disk drive using the FAT32 format.
5.
If the USB-IDE hard disk drive is not partitioned, go to
Administrative Tools
in
Control Panel
and launch
Computer Management.
Open
Disk Management
in
Storage
and right click an
unallocated region of the USB-IDE hard disk drive. Then, click
Create Partition.
6.
In the
Create Partition wizard
, click
Next
then
Primary Partition
, and follow the instructions
on the screen. Make sure that the FAT32 is selected for the file system.
NOTE: The partition size should be less than 32GB because of Microsoft limitations.
After formatting is complete, the USB-IDE hard disk drive will be added to
My Computer
.
7. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to the DVR.
Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 98
NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows ME is almost identical to Windows 98.
1.
Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable.
2.
Turn on your computer. The
Add New Hardware wizard
window will appear.
3.
Install the device driver for the USB backup device following the instructions provided with
your USB hard disk drive.
4.
If the USB-IDE hard disk drive is partitioned or contains data, it will show up in
My Computer
as a hard disk drive icon. Check the file system in
Properties
>
General
>
File System.
If the
file system is NOT FAT32 format, format the USB-IDE hard disk drive with FAT32 format.
5.
Run the FDISK utility by clicking
Start
then
RUN
. Type “fdisk” and click OK.
6.
When the MS-DOS command prompt appears, type “Y” and hit the enter key.
7.
In the FDISK Option menu, choose
“5. Change current fixed disk drive.”
8.
Choose the appropriate letter corresponding to the USB-IDE hard disk drive.
9.
In the FDISK Option menu, choose
“1. Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive.”
10.
In the Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive menu, choose
“1. Create Primary DOS
Partition.”
And Type “Y” to use all available space and hit the enter key. Hit ESC to exit the
screen after the USB-IDE hard disk drive partition is created.
11.
Restart your computer and verify the newly created drive is in
My Computer
.
12.
Right click the newly created hard disk drive icon and select
“Format”
.
13.
In the Format Screen, select
“Full”
as the
“Format type”
and click
“Start”
.
14. After formatting is complete, connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to the DVR.
