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USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation A, Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows Vista

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USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation A USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows Vista Note Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows XP is almost identical to Windows Vista. 1. Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. 2. Turn on your computer. 3. The USB device icon should display on the Taskbar. 4. If the USB hard disk drive is partitioned or has data, it shows up in My Computer as a hard disk drive icon. Check the file system by right-clicking on the icon and checking under Properties > General > File System. If the file system is NOT FAT32 format, format the USB hard disk drive using the FAT32 format. 5. If the USB hard disk drive is not partitioned, go to Administrative Tools in the Control Panel and launch Computer Management. Open Disk Management in Storage and right-click an unallocated region of the USB hard disk drive. Then, click Create Partition. 6. In the Create Partition wizard, click Next then Primary Partition, and follow the instructions on the screen. Make sure that the FAT32 is selected for the file system. Note The partition size should be less than 32GB because of Microsoft® limitations. After formatting is complete, the USB hard disk drive is added to My Computer. 7. Connect the USB hard disk drive to the DVR. Document 800-03097 Rev C 133 03/09

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USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation
Document 800-03097
Rev C
133
03/09
A
USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation
Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows Vista
Note
Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows XP is almost
identical to Windows Vista.
1.
Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable.
2.
Turn on your computer.
3.
The USB device icon should display on the Taskbar.
4.
If the USB hard disk drive is partitioned or has data, it shows up in
My Computer
as a hard disk drive icon. Check the file system by right-clicking on the icon and
checking under
Properties
>
General
>
File System
. If the file system is
NOT
FAT32 format, format the USB hard disk drive using the FAT32 format.
5.
If the USB hard disk drive is not partitioned, go to
Administrative Tools
in the
Control Panel and launch
Computer Management
. Open
Disk Management
in
Storage
and right-click an unallocated region of the USB hard disk drive. Then,
click
Create Partition
.
6.
In the
Create Partition wizard
, click
Next
then
Primary Partition
, and follow the
instructions on the screen. Make sure that the FAT32 is selected for the file
system.
Note
The partition size should be less than 32GB because of
Microsoft
fi
limitations.
After formatting is complete, the USB hard disk drive is added to My Computer.
7.
Connect the USB hard disk drive to the DVR.