User`s manual
DS-7200/DS-7300/DS-8100 Series DVR USER’S MANUAL
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Managing Disks
Checking Disk Status
The status of all installed hard disk drives (HDD) can be checked under the Disk Management menu.
To check the status of installed disks:
1. Enter the Disk Management menu, shown in Figure 51 by going to Main Menu > System Configuration >
Disk Management.
Figure 51. Disk Management Menu
2. There are four different panels found in the Disk Management menu. They include:
• Disk Utilization: Displays the maximum space available of all disks combined.
• Available Disks: Displays a list of all installed disks and their respective space and status.
• Status: Displays the available disk space of all disks combined.
• Network HDD: Select the NetHdd No. Input the NetHDD IP and Net HDD Directory, then click the add button,
you can see the Network HDD on the “Avaliable Disks”, as show in Figure 51. Then, click the reformat button to
format it.
3. Click the Done button to exit out of Disk Management.
Notes: About NAS configuration on DVR, if NAS’s share name is “test”, you should configure DVR’s NetHDD
directory like “/dvr/test”, which means you should add “/dvr/” when configuring DVR’s Net HDD directory.
Formatting Disk
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) including net 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:
1. Enter the Disk Management menu, shown in Figure 51 by going to Main Menu > System Configuration >
Disk Management.
2. Select a disk to format. A disk that has not been formatted will show Error Detected as its status. If the disk
is one that is newly installed, the status of drive will show up as Non-Active and the Reformat button will change
to the Add button.
3. Click the Reformat/Add button.
4. A confirmation message, similar to the one shown in Figure 52 will appear on the screen. Click the Yes
button to continue formatting process.
Figure 52. Disk Format Confirmation
5. A format progress bar (Figure 53) will be shown on the menu. After the disk has been formatted, the status
of the disk will change to Active.