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13 MANAGING HDDS
13.1 INITIALIZING HDDS
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be first initialize before it can be used with your DVR. Initializing the HDD will erase
all data on it.
To initialize a HDD:
1. Enter the HDD Management menu, shown in Figure 1 by clicking Menu > HDD.
Figure 1. HDD Management Menu
2. Select HDD to initialize.
3. Click the Init button.
4. Select OK button to begin initialization. After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD will
change from Abnormal to Normal.
13.2 SETTING HDD GROUPS
Your DVR can separate multiple HDDs into groups. Videos from specified channels can be set to be recorded onto a particular HDD
group.
To setup a HDD group:
1. Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu > HDD.
2. Select HDDs to be added to group.
3. Select Group button to enter Group Settings menu.
4. Set the HDD Group Number, as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. HDD Group Settings Menu
5. Select OK to save and exit menu.
Note: By default, all HDDs belong to group 1.