Second Drive Has Me Locked Out After Re-installing Win7

I thought the problem was he can't read (and for that matter copy) the old files on D: to begin with.

And in this case, taking ownership of the complete drive should be harmless since it's not the running Windows system. It's worth a try before going off in any other direction.

Taking ownership and/or changing permissions looks to be the way out. OP may also have a look at this thread. Access Denied to D:\ after installing WIN7

And do keep in mind the link I provided in post #10 above from a user who had tried it.

Karl,

I would do the second option that you recommended, but the items I want to keep are more than the free space that I have on drive C. Therefore, how do you go about taking ownership of items of drive D and then getting permissions for those items as well (folders and subfolders)?

Thanks.

Try rightclick>take ownership of D first after installing the shortcut as already given here: Take Ownership Shortcut

I don't think it will present a problem and may be a quick solution. If not, rightclick D>Properties>Security and add Everyone as owner with full permissions.