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My Book locked in one OS opens in the other

I have two hard drives in my computer, both Win 7.  I’m trying to copy an image from My Book 1140 to the second HD.  When I boot the new WD 2TB, my book is accessable. When I boot from the WD 500GB drive it shows as locked.  What gives

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On what drive was the OS originally installed?

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