Formatting The Hard Drive - Cisco Explorer Series Staging Manual

Appendix E
Format the Hard Drive Without Clearing NVM

Formatting the Hard Drive

Complete the following instructions to format the hard drive of RMA or field-
returned DVRs. Use the DVR/PIP remote control to format the hard drive.
Notes:
Your remote control must be set to Cable mode to complete these instructions.
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Only complete these instructions to manually format DVRs that have stored
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information such as favorite channels or parental control PINs that you want to
keep on the server.
To format the hard drive, complete these steps.
1 Make sure that the DVR is plugged into an AC power source.
2 Press Pause on the remote control until the message indicator (mail light) flashes.
3 Press Page –.
4 Press List three times.
Results:
The DVR automatically reboots.
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The hard drive in the DVR is formatted and all previous recordings are erased.
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The subscriber settings (such as favorite channels and parental control PINs) are
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retained on the hard drive.
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