Turn off Windows' automatic checks for storage devices at boot.
Turn off Windows' automatic checks for storage devices at boot.
I don’t have much time to solve this on my own. I’m using a laptop with two drives—one encrypted with an 8.1 drive and another without encryption with a 10 drive. The 10 drive would crash after installation or within a couple of days, and I couldn’t figure out why. When I tried the 8.1 installation on the encrypted drive, it would run chkdsk unless I pressed a key quickly, which damaged the 10 drive. I need to fix this. I think I’ve done something similar before.
Begin in safe mode then. To prevent CHKDSK from launching automatically, use the /x switch in the chkntfs command in the command prompt. This will omit a drive from the standard boot check. For a drive named C: as your primary hard drive, run the command: chkntfs /x c:. If you have multiple drives such as C and D, disable scanning for them with: chkntfs /x c:d. Afterward, restart the system via the admin command prompt.