Pelco DX8100 Series manual Allocating a NEW Video Data Drive, Viewing the Unallocated Drive

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ALLOCATING A NEW VIDEO DATA DRIVE

Perform the procedure in this section if you installed a video data drive.

1.Go to Start and select Shut Down. The Shut Down Windows dialog appears.

2.Select Restart and then click OK. When the unit restarts, the PDB Initialize dialog appears (refer to Figure 30).

Figure 30. Opening List of Drives

3.Locate the option “Space on one or more hard disk drives has not yet been allocated to the PDB database.”

4.Click the plus (+) sign to expand the list (refer to Figure 31). More than one drive might be shown.

Figure 31. Viewing the Unallocated Drive

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Contents DX8100 Series Hybrid Video Recorders Page Contents List of Illustrations Important Safety Instructions Unit must be shut down to install the system and data diskParts List and Tools DescriptionInstalling a Hard Disk Drive Opening the Chassis Removing Chassis CoverInterior Component Layout DVD-RWRemoving Sata Power and Data Cables Removing a DriveLift the drive out of the basket Installing a Drive Setting Up the System Drive Partitioning the System DriveDX8100 Boot Settings View Press Enter. The Boot Device Priority screen appears Installing Windows and DX8100 Application Software Page Setting UP the System Data Partition Formatting the System Drive Data PartitionClick Format. The Format E dialog appears refer to Figure Optional Configuring the Data Drive Setting Up a Video Data Drive Configuring a Hard DriveSelect Disks to Initialize Dialog Converting a Dynamic Disk to a Basic Disk Data Disk Status Changed to DynamicPartitioning the Data Disk Reinstalling the DX8100 Allocating a Drive Allocating a System and Data Drive SimultaneouslyC2639M-B 8/09 Allocating a NEW Video Data Drive Viewing the Unallocated DriveC2639M-B 8/09 Revision History Product Warranty and Return Information