Initializing Hdds - HIKVISION DS-7104NI-SL User Manual

User Manual of Network Video Recorder

10.1 Initializing HDDs

Purpose:
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your NVR.
A message box pops up when the NVR starts up if there exits any uninitialized HDD.
Click Yes button to initialize it immediately or you can perform the following steps to initialize the HDD.
Steps:
1. Enter the HDD Information interface.
Menu > HDD> General
2. Select HDD to be initialized.
3. Click the Init button.
4. Select the OK button to start initialization.
5. After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD will change from Uninitialized to Normal.
Figure 10. 1 Message Box of Uninitialized HDD
Figure 10. 2 HDD Information Interface
Figure 10. 3 Confirm Initialization
Figure 10. 4 Status changes to Initializing
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