Initializing Hdds - HIKVISION DS-7108HGHI-SH User Manual

10.1 Initializing HDDs

Purpose:
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your DVR.
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.
Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it.
The HDDs which are free of working for a long time can be enabled to sleep, thus to decrease the power
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Figure 10. 1 HDD Information Interface
Figure 10. 2 Confirm Initialization
Figure 10. 3 Start Initialization
Figure 10. 4 HDD Status Changes to Normal
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