I want to install a hard drive as the second drive in my W2K Pro SP4
system and prevent the OS from makeing any "repairs" when it checks
the drive/partition(s) for errors. Can this be done? Thank you.

Alex

You could use chkntfs.exe in order to disable the autocheck of your second
drive, see this MS Knowledge Base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=160963

Best regards

Bjorn
--
Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking

(E-Mail Removed) (Alex) wrote:

>I want to install a hard drive as the second drive in my W2K Pro SP4
>system and prevent the OS from makeing any "repairs" when it checks
>the drive/partition(s) for errors. Can this be done? Thank you.

Bjorn;

Thank you. I looked at the article and it seems to have the information I
was looking for.

Another question, if I may?

I seem to recall that the assignment of drive letters starts with C: as the
primary on the first drive, D: as the primary on the second drive, E:, etc.
as the extended/logicals on the first drive, F:, etc. as the
extended/logicals on the second drive, all assuming that Logical Disk
Manager has *not* been used to alter any drive letters. (This is old bios
knowledge.) Can I assume the same for W2K? (The issue is that I need to
predict what drive letter is going to be assigned "a priori". You can
probably tell that I am trying to troubleshoot someone else's drive, and I
don't want W2K taking *any* action on the drive at startup.) Thank you.

Alex


Bjorn Landemoo wrote:
>
> Alex
>
> You could use chkntfs.exe in order to disable the autocheck of your second
> drive, see this MS Knowledge Base article:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=160963
>
> Best regards
>
> Bjorn
> --
> Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>
> (E-Mail Removed) (Alex) wrote:
>
> >I want to install a hard drive as the second drive in my W2K Pro SP4
> >system and prevent the OS from makeing any "repairs" when it checks
> >the drive/partition(s) for errors. Can this be done? Thank you.

Alex

This MS Knowledge Base article describes how Win2000 assigns drive letters:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=234048

Best regards

Bjorn
--
Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking

Alex <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Bjorn;
>
>Thank you. I looked at the article and it seems to have the information I
>was looking for.
>
>Another question, if I may?
>
>I seem to recall that the assignment of drive letters starts with C: as the
>primary on the first drive, D: as the primary on the second drive, E:, etc.
>as the extended/logicals on the first drive, F:, etc. as the
>extended/logicals on the second drive, all assuming that Logical Disk
>Manager has *not* been used to alter any drive letters. (This is old bios
>knowledge.) Can I assume the same for W2K? (The issue is that I need to
>predict what drive letter is going to be assigned "a priori". You can
>probably tell that I am trying to troubleshoot someone else's drive, and I
>don't want W2K taking *any* action on the drive at startup.) Thank you.
>
>Alex
>
>
>Bjorn Landemoo wrote:
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> You could use chkntfs.exe in order to disable the autocheck of your second
>> drive, see this MS Knowledge Base article:
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=160963
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Bjorn
>> --
>> Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>
>> (E-Mail Removed) (Alex) wrote:
>>
>> >I want to install a hard drive as the second drive in my W2K Pro SP4
>> >system and prevent the OS from makeing any "repairs" when it checks
>> >the drive/partition(s) for errors. Can this be done? Thank you.

Bjorn;

Thanks for your quick reply. I'll go look at the article. Have a good day!

Alex


Bjorn Landemoo wrote:
>
> Alex
>
> This MS Knowledge Base article describes how Win2000 assigns drive letters:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=234048
>
> Best regards
>
> Bjorn
> --
> Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>
> Alex <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Bjorn;
> >
> >Thank you. I looked at the article and it seems to have the information I
> >was looking for.
> >
> >Another question, if I may?
> >
> >I seem to recall that the assignment of drive letters starts with C: as the
> >primary on the first drive, D: as the primary on the second drive, E:, etc.
> >as the extended/logicals on the first drive, F:, etc. as the
> >extended/logicals on the second drive, all assuming that Logical Disk
> >Manager has *not* been used to alter any drive letters. (This is old bios
> >knowledge.) Can I assume the same for W2K? (The issue is that I need to
> >predict what drive letter is going to be assigned "a priori". You can
> >probably tell that I am trying to troubleshoot someone else's drive, and I
> >don't want W2K taking *any* action on the drive at startup.) Thank you.
> >
> >Alex
> >
> >
> >Bjorn Landemoo wrote:
> >>
> >> Alex
> >>
> >> You could use chkntfs.exe in order to disable the autocheck of your second
> >> drive, see this MS Knowledge Base article:
> >>
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=160963
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Bjorn
> >> --
> >> Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
> >>
> >> (E-Mail Removed) (Alex) wrote:
> >>
> >> >I want to install a hard drive as the second drive in my W2K Pro SP4
> >> >system and prevent the OS from makeing any "repairs" when it checks
> >> >the drive/partition(s) for errors. Can this be done? Thank you.