Just for completeness sake, I have waited for a reply, but no response...
"because Parallels is preventing it from looking at the data on the actual disk"
This, I hope, is wrong. If someone could supply clarity/supporting information on this statement, I would appreciate it!
My assumption is that the message was only for boot sector modification. As far as I know, this configuration allows reads to the data portion of the hard drive. Which for my purposes (maintenance) is all that I need. Since I am running an SSD, I am not interested in writes. Periodic full drive reads gets the drive to discover failing sectors (the SSD controller detects and corrects errors, I just use Spinrite to get the drive check itself.)
Should I need to run any other level than level 2, I will put the device in target mode and scan that way.
I would be interested in knowing if the drive is actually not reading data. Any input is welcome.
Last edited: Aug 19, 2015