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12. Repeat step 11 until all unformatted disks are formatted. Once formatted, the disk status changes from Unallocated to Healthy.
Figure 22. HDD Format Status
13. Perform one of the following options:
• Disable the DX8100 internal storage: To store video data only on the DX8100HDDI, you must disable data from being stored on the
DX8100’s internal HDDs. To do this, perform steps 14 and 15.
• Use the DX8100 internal and DX8100HDDI external storage: To store video data on the DX8100’s internal HDDs and on the
DX8100HDDI, go to step 15.
USING ONLY DX8100HDDI EXTERNAL STORAGE
14. Perform the following steps:
a. Right-click the second partition of the first drive (usually labeled “D:”). A shortcut menu appears.
b. Click Delete Partition. The Delete dialog box appears (refer to Figure 23).
Figure 23. Delete Partition
c. Click Yes.
Repeat step 14 to delete all of the original active partitions (blue status bar) in step 11, but do not delete the partition labeled New
Volume (C:).
WARNING: Deleting a partition removes all recorded video data, which cannot be reversed or recovered.