Win 7 and XP dual boot issues. Can't access one of the drives in Win 7?

[Denvers Dawgs]

A friend of mine came to me with the problem, figured I'd see if anyone here can give it a go, since I'm not using W7 yet.

"I have encountered a computer problem that I have not been able to fix myself, so I thought I might as well ask here if anyone can help (wouldn't hurt).

I currently on a Dual OS setup, with XP 32 bit and Windows 7 RC 7100 64 bit. I have 2 hard drives (same model) with 4 partitions one for each OS one for Documents and temp storage, and one for storage. One thing that makes it a little tricky is that in XP, drive C: is XP D: Windows 7 E: Documents F: Storage, but in Windows 7 C: is Windows 7 D: XP E: Storage F: Documents. My problem is that in Windows 7 i can't access the drive with my documents on (the F: drive). I get an Access Denied error and it shows as empty.

When I right click on the drive and select properties there is no security tab, but if I go through the Administrative Tools and Device Management I do get a security tab. I have changed the permissions to full control on all user accounts, but it didn't change anything.

I can access the drive in XP and if I boot Windows 7 in Safe Mode i can actually access the drive, but i still can't figure out what it is that blocks me."

Any ideas why he's having this problem?

[Dv8ted2]

He may need to assume ownership of the folders first.

[jagabo]

in Windows 7 i can't access the drive with my documents on (the F: drive). I get an Access Denied error and it shows as empty.

Any chance drive F overlaps with the CD/DVD drive? If so, assign a higher letter to the CD/DVD drive. I've had this happen.

[ocgw]

I figured that 1 out, it has nothing to do with ownership, you have to go to "Documents" properties and include drive F: in "Documents"

Right click on "Documents" and select radio button "include a folder", and add the whole drive

You have to do the same thing with your music folder if your music isn't on the C: drive, so that when you rip CD's with Media Player they go into your music folder

ocgw

peace