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USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation
Document 800-00919 Rev F 119
02/08
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USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation
Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 2000
Note Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows XP is
almost identical to Windows 2000.
11. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable.
12. Turn on your computer.
13. The USB device icon should display on the Taskbar.
14. If the USB-IDE 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 the FAT32 format, then format the USB-IDE hard disk drive using the
FAT32 format.
15. If the USB-IDE 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-IDE hard disk drive.
Then, select Create Partition.
16. In the Create Partition wizard, select Next then Primary Partition, and follow the
instructions on the screen. Ensure that FAT32 is selected for the file system.
Note The partition size should be less than 32GB because of Windows
OS limitations.
After formatting is complete, the USB-IDE hard disk drive is added to My Computer.
17. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to the DVR.