DS-7600 Series NVR User’s Manual
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Formatting Disk
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be first formatted before it can be used with your NVR.
Formatting the disk will erase all data on it.
To format a new disk:
1. Enter the HDD menu by going to Menu > System Configuration > HDD.
2. Select a disk to format. If the disk is newly installed or not formatted the status will show up as
Uninitialized.
3. Click the Init button.
4. A confirmation message, similar to the one shown in Figure 86 will appear on the screen. Click
OK to continue formatting process.
Figure 86 Disk Format Confirmation
5. A format progress bar will be shown on the menu. After the disk has been formatted, the status of
the disk will change to Normal.
Figure 87 Disk Format Progress Bar
Enabling HDD Overwrite
Enabling HDD overwrite will allow the NVR to overwrite the installed disks once the disks are full.
To enable HDD overwrite:
1. Enter the HDD menu by going to Menu > System Configuration > HDD.
2. Select the Record Information tab, as shown in Figure 88.
Figure 88 Record Information Menu
3. Check the Overwrite checkbox.
4. Click the Apply button.
5. Click to exit.