Appendix B: Installing or Replacing the Hard Drive
Formatting the Hard Drive
If you replace the
ATTENTION: Formatting the HDD erases all data on the hard disk.
This step cannot be undone.
To format the hard disk:
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2Enter the system user name (default: admin) and password (default: 000000) and click Yes.
3Click HDD>General.
4Check the hard drive that you would like to format.
Check the hard drive
Click Format
5Click Format. Click OK to confirm. Wait for the formatting to complete.
NOTE: You will notice that the size of the HDD and the free space are not the same. The system uses a portion of the disk space for the operating system and initialization. This is common in all security NVRs as well as computer hard drives.
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