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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.
The general operations are as below:
Turn the Jog/Shuttle or press
▲
▼◄►
to select the items. The display will
scroll left/right if the selected item is not shown on the screen.
MODE => Format
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 30 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 selected 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