Formatting Disk; Enabling Disk Overwrite - HIKVISION DS-9000 Series User Manual

Formatting Disk
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be first formatted before it can be used with your DVR. Formatting the disk
will erase all data on it.
To format a new disk:
Enter the Disk Management menu, shown in Figure 54 by going to Main Menu > System Configuration > Disk
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Management.
Select a disk to format. A disk that has not been formatted will show Error Detected as its status. If the disk is one
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that is newly installed, the status of the drive will show up as Non-Active and the Reformat button will change to
the Add button.
Click the Reformat/Add button.
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A confirmation message, similar to the one shown in Figure 57 will appear on the screen. Click the Yes button to
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continue formatting process.
A format progress bar (Figure 58) will be shown on the menu. After the disk has been formatted, the status of
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the disk will change to Active.
Click the Done button to exit out of Disk Management.
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Enabling Disk Overwrite
Enabling disk overwrite will allow the DVR to overwrite the installed disks once the disks are full.
To enable disk overwrite:
Enter the Disk Management menu, shown in Figure 54 by going to Main Menu > System Configuration > Disk
1.
Management.
Check the Overwrite checkbox.
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Click the Save button.
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Figure 57. Disk Format Confirmation
Figure 58. Disk Format Progress Bar
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