User Manual
12.1 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.
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.
User Manual of Network Video Recorder
Figure 12. 1 Message Box of Uninitialized HDD
Menu > HDD> General
Figure 12. 2 HDD Information Interface
Figure 12. 4 Status changes to Initializing
Figure 12. 3 Confirm Initialization
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