Managing Hdds; Initializing Hdds; Setting Hdd Groups - HIKVISION DS-8100-S Series User Manual

HIKVISION DS-8100-S User‟s Manual

Managing HDDs

Initializing HDDs

A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be first initialize before it can be used with your DVR. Initializing the
HDD will erase all data on it.
To initialize a HDD:
1.
Enter the HDD Management menu, shown in Figure 1 by clicking Menu > HDD.
Figure 1. HDD Management Menu
2. Select HDD to initialize.
3. Click the Init button.
4. Select OK button to begin initialization. After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD
will change from Abnormal to Normal.

Setting HDD Groups

Your DVR can separate multiple HDDs into groups. Videos from specified channels can be set to be recorded onto a
particular HDD group.
To setup a HDD group:
1. Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu > HDD.
2. Select HDDs to be added to group.
3. Select Group button to enter Group Settings menu.
4.
Set the HDD Group Number, as shown in Figure 2.
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