Formatting A Hard Disk Drive - Panasonic AG-HPX250 Operating Instructions Manual

Using a hard disk drive (PC mode: USB host) (continued)
11. VERIFY
This section indicates the verification setting
and results at the time the data on the partition
was recorded.
ON:FINISHED :
Verification was performed and the results
agreed.
ON:FAILED :
Verification was performed and the results
did not agree.
OFF :
No verification was performed.
- - - :
No verification information is available.
• Even for a FAT-type hard disk drive, the
1001st or later clips are not shown.
• For a FAT-formatted hard disk drive, the
information about only the first partition
is shown.
• For a P2 STORE (AJ-PCS060G) that
has an invalid partition, that partition
information is shown in gray.
12. NAME
This section indicates the PARTITION NAME.
Enter the PARTITION NAME from the software
keyboard by selecting [CHANGE PARTITION
NAME] in the OPERATION MENU while the
thumbnail of the hard disk drive is displayed.
(Max. 20 characters)
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Formatting a hard disk drive

1
Switch the mode to USB HOST.
• "Switching to the USB HOST mode" (Page 111)
• The thumbnail screen is displayed.
(USB HOST is displayed in the bottom right.)
2
Connect the hard disk drive via USB.
3
Press the MENU button and select HDD →
EXPLORE from the thumbnail menu.
The display provides a screen that shows the
information about the hard disk drive.
4
From the thumbnail menu, select
OPERATION → FORMAT (HDD) and select
YES using the Operation lever. Then, the
confirmation message is displayed again.
Select YES.
The camera-recorder starts formatting the hard
disk drive. Once formatted, the hard disk drive
can be treated as a TYPE-S HDD.
• Formatting a hard disk drive erases
all contents of it. Note that you cannot
erase the contents of certain partitions
by specifying them.
• Operation of the hard disk drive with
this unit, and the data in the hard disk
drive are not guaranteed if a hard disk
drive formatted by this unit is rewritten
using another PC or similar.
• Data erased by formatting cannot be
restored, so be sure to perform the
format after first confirming the data.