Network Video Recorder User Manual 
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12.1 Initializing HDDs 
Purpose: 
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your NVR. 
 
A message box pops up when the NVR starts up if there exits any uninitialized HDD. 
 
Figure 12. 1 Message Box of Uninitialized HDD 
 
Click Yes button to initialize it immediately or you can perform the following steps to initialize the HDD. 
Steps: 
1.  Enter the HDD Information interface. 
Menu > HDD> General 
 
Figure 12. 2 HDD Information Interface 
 
2.  Select HDD to be initialized. 
3.  Click the Init button. 
 
Figure 12. 3 Confirm Initialization 
 
4.  Select the OK button to start initialization.   
 
Figure 12. 4 Status changes to Initializing 
 
5.  After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD will change from Uninitialized to Normal.