Initializing Hdds - HIKVISION DS-9608NI-ST User Manual

User Manual of Network Video Recorder

14.1 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.
Figure 14. 1 Message Box of Uninitialized HDD
Figure 14. 2 HDD Information Interface
Figure 14. 3 Confirm Initialization
Figure 14. 4 Status changes to Initializing
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