LOREX Technology How to Clear and Format a Lorex Hard Drive for Your Security Camera System

Appendix E: Replacing the Hard Drive

4Carefully turn the DVR over and tighten the hard drive screws (4x).

Tighten the hard drive screws

5Carefully turn the DVR back over. Replace the cover, tucking the lip of the cover at the front panel.

6Replace the screws on the side and rear panels of the cover.

Formatting the Hard Drive

If you replace the pre-installed hard drive, it must be formatted in order to function properly with the system.

ATTENTION: Formatting the HDD erases all data on the hard disk.

This step cannot be undone.

To format the hard disk:

1Right-click to open the Menu Bar and click the Main Menu button ().

2Click Device.

3Click the checkbox under Select to choose the drive you wish to reformat.

Select checkbox

4Click Format HDD. Enter the system password.

5When the warning window appears, click OK. Wait for the system to format the hard drive.

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 DVRs as well as computer hard drives.

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