User`s manual

Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation

Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows2000

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 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.