TeleEye GN8916/GN8932/GN8816/GN8616 User Guide Page 8
digital video recorder. This often occurs on hard disks that have not been used by the video
recorder before. Another purpose of disk formatting is to clean up recording space and redeem the
file allocation.
An unrecognized hard disk will be formatted automatically after TeleEye GN8 starts up. Formatting
will erase all data inside the disk. Hence make sure that important data has been backed up before
performing this function. Once it is reconstructed, it would be readable and writable by the digital
video recorder.
Users can also perform disk formatting manually. The function can be found in the OSD menu:
[Main Menu] → [HDD/Recording] → [Disk Management]
Format All
Format all installed hard disks
Scan All
Scan all installed hard disks
Format
Format the selected hard disk
Enable / Disable
Turn on/off hard disk for recording purpose
2.3. Hard Disk Scanning
Hard disk scanning is a maintenance function similar to the Scan Disk function provided by the
operating system of a personal computer. This function is provided in an attempt to rescue the
hard disk in case errors are found, and to enhance its performance and reliability. The function can
be found in the OSD menu:
[Main Menu] → [HDD/Recording] → [Disk Management]
.
Clicking on the
[Scan All]
button will start scanning all installed hard disk.
2.4. RAID Setting
RAID Setting allows users to configure RAID in TeleEye GN8. All disks must have 200GB or more
