Second Drive Has Me Locked Out After Re-installing Win7

1. Fluff out the system specs,
2. Post the disk management display using procedure given.

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Update your SevenForums System Specs
User CP (3rd item in the top menu bar) |
Your Profile | Edit System Spec (left-hand column)

To gather info, use SIW or Speccy or System Info

Add the word laptop or desktop or netbook to the
“system manufacturer” block, for example,
Toshiba Satellite L305D notebook.

Provide full windows version info, for example:
MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit

Use the “Other Info” block for Optical Reader,
Mouse, touchpad, wifi adapter, speakers, monitor, etc

Scroll down and click on the SAVE CHANGES button.
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HOW TO POST A SNAPSHOT OF DISK MANAGEMENT DISPLAY
Run disk management:
WIN | type DISKMGMT.MSC | ENTER
WIN is the key with the wavy flag.

Maximize the output of Disk Management:
ALT-Spacebar key combo (this pops up a menu) followed by X key (selects Maximize) |
Drag the field separators (such as between Status and Capacity) to show entire field. This is very important, otherwise, needed info is not visible.

Make a snapshot:
WIN | type SNIPPING | ENTER | New
Drag the cursor around the area you want to snip.
File | Save as | select save location and name | Save

Post the snapshot:
Upload a File or Screenshot in Seven Forums

Change the security for the complete drive by right clicking on drive letter and picking security and see if the current user has full access to the drives contents. Plus posting the system specs would also help.

Taking Ownership is not always sufficient and is not always reversible, dependent upon current owner, etc.

Taking Ownership used blindly can cause many problems and, in fact, result in a reinstall of win 7 being necessary.

Re-read the procedure for filling out your system specs.

Your cooperation is appreciated.

Thanks,

Now the sophisticated way of solving your problem is to determine who is the owner of you 2nd drive, take ownership, give yourself all permissions being sure that you've selected to propogate peremissions form the top all of the way down, then to make Everyone Owner, once again propogarting all off the way down.

But here's what I'd do:
Boot from a System Repair Disc,
Go go a command prompt.
copy everything you want to keep from the ""d" over to the "c" (quotes are there because drive letters might be different when working from the disc).
Format the "d"
exit from the system repair disc command shell and reboot.

Now you will find that D has the permissions you want and you will be able to move things back.

CREATE A SYSTEM REPAIR DISC

START | type System Repair | Enter key | Create Disc button

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GO TO A COMMAND PROMPT USING A SYSTEM REPAIR DISC

1) Insert System Repair Disc into optical reader.
2) Shutdown computer.
3) Boot up computer from the System Repair Disc
If your computer doesn’t boot from the optical drive, then
Immediately after pushing your Power ON button,
start tapping the F2 key to get to the BIOS to change the boot order

On some computers, Immediately after pushing the Power ON button, start tapping the F12 key and choose CD/DVD to change the boot order only for this time.
4) Wait while a mini-version of Windows is loaded and finally the SYSTEM RECOVERY OPTIONS dialog appears.
5) NEXT | SYSTEM RECOVERY OPTIONS dialog
will search your system for installed versions of Windows.
6) select the Use recovery tools that can help fix problems starting Windows radio button |
7) NEXT | Choose Command Prompt

Run desired commands and type EXIT when finished.
Remove the System Repair Disc.
Shutdown computer.
Power on computer.