Aposonic A-H2A8D2 - Manual (Page 58)

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6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear
In HDD Setup display, press MODE to call up HDD Format/Clear screen as shown.
Each of the HDDs must be formatted before it can be used to record video/audio.
The HDD Format/Clear screen allows the administrator to format and/or clear each
HDD, and set the size for Alarm Record partition and Normal Record partition for
each HDD. Please note that the HDD IDs start from ID 1 and the NAS device
will be the last.
The general operations are as below:
▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)
Press these buttons to select the items. The display will scroll left/right if the
selected item is not shown on the screen.
MODE => Format (Mouse: Left click)
Press this button to format the selected HDD. A confirmation dialog will be
shown on the screen, press
ENTER to confirm, or ESC to cancel. Please note
that it would take about 40 seconds to format a brand new 160GB HDD.
Note: If the HDD has not been formatted, it will be formatted and partitioned with
default record size, 100% for Alarm and 0% for Normal. If it has been
formatted, it will be formatted according to the Alarm REC Size (%) and
Normal REC Size (%) displayed on the screen, but the previously recorded
contents within the new size won’t be cleared and will be accessible.
SEQ => Clear (Mouse: Left click)
Press this button to clear the selected HDD. A confirmation dialog will be
shown on the screen, press
ENTER to confirm, or ESC to cancel.