I run Win XP SP1 on a P4 2.8 GHz with two hard drives:
Primary Master 46GB IBM Deskstar (OS, Programs)
Primary Slave 185GB IBM Deskstar (Data)
It has been troublesome to run the larger disk on a single partition before, but I tried again as I updated the rest of my system and the disk now works perfectly. Microsoft does not seem to approve, however. As I boot up, Windows tries to run a scan disc which I know from bitter experience will erase most of the data on the drive.
Is there anything one can do to stop scan disc from running or must one accept the multiply partitions?
Primary Master 46GB IBM Deskstar (OS, Programs)
Primary Slave 185GB IBM Deskstar (Data)
It has been troublesome to run the larger disk on a single partition before, but I tried again as I updated the rest of my system and the disk now works perfectly. Microsoft does not seem to approve, however. As I boot up, Windows tries to run a scan disc which I know from bitter experience will erase most of the data on the drive.
Is there anything one can do to stop scan disc from running or must one accept the multiply partitions?