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Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation
Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 2000
NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows XP is almost identical to
Windows 2000.
1. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable.
2. Turn on your computer.
3. The USB device icon should display on the Taskbar.
4. If the USB-IDE hard disk drive is partitioned or has data, it will show up in My
Computer as a hard disk drive icon. Check the file system by right clicking on the
icon and checking under Properties > General > File System. If the file system is
NOT FAT32 format, format the USB-IDE hard disk drive using the FAT32 format.
5. If the USB-IDE hard disk drive is not partitioned, go to Administrative Tools in
Control Panel and launch Computer Management. Open Disk Management in
Storage and right click an unallocated region of the USB-IDE hard disk drive. Then,
click Create Partition.
6. In the Create Partition wizard, click Next then Primary Partition, and follow the
instructions on the screen. Make sure that the FAT32 is selected for the file system.
NOTE: The partition size should be less than 32GB because of Microsoft limitations.
After formatting is complete, the USB-IDE hard disk drive will be added to My
Computer.
7. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to the DVR.
Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 98
NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows ME is almost identical to
Windows 98.
1. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable.
2. Turn on your computer. The Add New Hardware wizard window will appear.
3. Install the device driver for the USB backup device following the instructions
provided with your USB hard disk drive.
4. If the USB-IDE hard disk drive is partitioned or contains data, it will show up in My
Computer as a hard disk drive icon. Check the file system in Properties > General >
File System. If the file system is NOT FAT32 format, format the USB-IDE hard disk
drive with FAT32 format.
5. Run the FDISK utility by clicking Start then RUN. Type "fdisk" and click OK.
6. When the MS-DOS command prompt appears, type "Y" and hit the enter key.
7. In the FDISK Option menu, choose "5. Change current fixed disk drive."
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