Permisson Problems

Hey THW:

I have reformatted my regular hard drive (the os hd) multiple times throughout the years. For the last 3 formats, my media hard drive has retained the same info on it. Permissions across 2 instances of xp, and vista have remained the same. Until I installed Windows 7. Permissions are completely screwed up, I can't even open my movies; music whatever. I have to manually go in, it tells me i don't have permission to see the security settings bla bla..I set it to administrator like it should, then i can alter the traits.

Why is it doing this? There were no problems before, now it's horrendous. Is there some way i can Mass Default the permissions on my media hard drive. (since it says no one is allowed permissions until i tell it I have permission.)

Thanks a ton.

I posted this here because i thought it might not just be a Windows 7 thing, maybe theres another answer.

windows 7 is the only os installed.

I can get the permissions to "stick" after reboot (to the individual files). When I apply the properties to the music folder, it doesn't apply them all the files, only some.

The fact that Windows 7 is my only OS is irrelevant. If anything, I'm helping them out by trying to access my own media and failing. And yes, I have notified them per the Windows 7 agreement.