User Manual

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2.3 HDD FORMAT
Digital Watchdog’s DVRs are shipped with pre-installed HDDs that are formatted and ready to be used. There is no need to
format the HDDs out of the box.
HDD FULL (
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Select “Overwrite” or “Stop recording” when HDD becomes full.
 Overwrite: DVR deletes the oldest data and records new data.
 Stop recording: DVR stops recording.
HDD CHECK (
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Click ( ) next to each HDD to view full information on each HDD
such as model name, serial no, capacity, bad sector ratio, life time (used
time) and temperature.
HDD FORMAT (
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When the new HDD is installed or there seems to be a problem on the
HDD, user needs to format the HDD.
If system resources are occupied such as network connection during
format process, format may fail. It is recommended to reboot the system to
release system resources and then try to format again.
User can select HDD to format by ticking the check box.
Note
1) It may take a few minutes to format HDD.
If it takes a long time, please check the status of HDD.
2) When the format is done, all data in the HDD will be deleted.
3) The system always reserves some space in each built-in HDD to effectively utilize archiving
memory.
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