Panasonic WJ-RT208 manual Disk Management, HDD formatting, Disk Format

3.4 Disk Management

It is possible to initialize the hard disk and recover the hard disk index with "SYSTEM MANAGEMENT" – "DISK INFOR- MATION".

3.4.1 HDD formatting

Stop all recording operations and disconnect all the net- works.

(1)Press the [MENU] button. "WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU" appears.

WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU

SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

SEARCH

REC&EVENT SETUP

PTZ SETUP

CAMERA SETUP

COMMUNICATION SETUP

REPORT

USER INFORMATION

DATA MANAGEMENT

(2)Move the cursor to "SYSTEM MANAGEMENT" and press the [SET] button.

The "SYSTEM MANAGEMENT" menu is displayed.

(3)Move the cursor to "DISK INFORMATION" and press the [SET] button.

SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM SETUP

DISK INFORMATION

REBOOT SYSTEM

PICTURE ADJUST

TIME & DATE

VERSION

The "DISK INFORMATION" menu appears.

			DISK INFORMATION
	No.	Position		Capacity	Used Hour Meter
1		0-0		238.474GB	127.067GB 6000h
2			No disk detected
3			No disk detected
4			No disk detected
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		Prev		Next		Return

Notes:

•Capacity: Total capacity of the respective hard disk

(Unit: GB)

•Used: Disk space already in use (Unit: GB)

•Hour Meter: Hours the hard disk has been used (Unit: hour) 0h – 99 999h (Even the hard disk is used for more than 99 999 hours, the indication will not change from 99 999h.)

Cautions:

1.Possible hard disk errors

Unformatted disk

Failure in hard disk identification Disk access error

Fatal errors in hard disk

2.Hard Disk Setup Position

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0 2 3

The outlined diagram shown above displays the WJ-RT208 seen from above. The numeral indicates the hard disk num- ber.

In screen display, the hard disk position is indicated by two digits. Example: A-B → 0-1

A:This is the hard disk position number in the diagram above. 0, 1, 2, 3

B:Indicates the distinction between Master HDD (0) and Slave HDD (1).

Regarding 0-1, for example, it denotes the Slave HDD located in Position 0.

Note: If Master and Slave HDD are vertically connected in the same position, both hard disks may become use- less if either HDD unit is out of order.

(4)Move the cursor to the initializing hard disk and press the [SET] button.

The confirmation dialog box will be displayed.

DISK FORMAT

All data will be deleted.

Will you continue ?

OK Cancel

Note: The hard disk cannot be initialized while record- ing or playback is performed.

(5)When the cursor is moved to [OK] and the [SET] button is pressed, initializing is started.

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