Drive issues, Reinstall XP on second drive, " Access Denied" NTSF

Unfortunately, a major thunderstorm passed thru my area and my computer was
shut down hard (I do have a Surge protector - not sure why it was not
effective) and when I brought it up Windows was trashed, Missing system
files, some noise about disk-drive errors, blue screen of death after windows
logo screen loads A bunch of stuff, etc. So I had to install Windows on
another drive on the system.

Accessing the Drive with issues: I can copy files from anywhere on the drive
to the new windows drive except for "my documents" WEHRE OF COURSE Visual
Studio Projects, Word documents, IPod, etc, all my important stuff is being
kept being kept. When I try this I get is "Access is denied"

When I bring the system up in Safe Mode with networking and look at the
security permission tab for the documents folder, I see that my SID Is not in
the permissions list. When I try and add it (my user SID) XP validates it
and it looks like I can now have access to it, great, but when I click apply
the response is "media is write protected" cannot apply permission changes.
Additionally when I try and copy anything from the new Windows drive to the
problem one I get "Media is protected" "Access denied" messages.

Tried a couple of things:

Try to defrag it from new windows - same message: Media is protected"
"Access denied"
Try to repair it from new windows - same message: Media is protected"
"Access denied"

I have also tried CACLS using the following - from DOS/Prompt positioned
one level up

D:>\Documents and Settings> cacls greg (greg the sub directory)

Response: D:>\Documents and Settings> NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:F
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:<OI><CI><IO>F
<Account Domain not found>F
<Account Domain not found><OI><CI><IO>F

WHEN I try the following:

D:> cacls "D\documents and settings" /T /E /C /G "Greg Cost":F

response 1: are you sure?
response 2: The media is write protected

Its not like damage (maybe) it's almost like the drive in question still has
permissions from the now defunct XP system and the new XP system can't quite
figure out how to change it for usage. Keep in mind that I am able to copy
files from it except the original MY Documents. So there is some default? or
basic property accessibility

Any Help Greatly Appreciated! system: Windows XP, NTFS all drives, SCSI

Thanks Greg

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