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.
Step 2 Enter the HDD Information interface.
Menu > HDD> General
Step 3 Select HDD to be initialized.
Step 4 Click the Init button.
Network Video Recorder User Manual
Chapter 12 HDD Management
Figure 12-1 Message Box of Uninitialized HDD
Figure 12-2 HDD Information Interface
Figure 12-3 Confirm Initialization
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