Missing partition after re-installing windows 8

Laptop: Dell Latitude E5530
OS: Windows 8
Problem: The laptop went into the dreaded Automatic repair loop and after trying all suggestions I found online, I gave up and resorted to re-installing. Before the re-install my laptop had 2 partitions (C and D).
To re-install, I inserted the recovery DVD and used the Dell tool to do a re-install with the option to recover my data. All went well. However when the computer boots the D drive is not visible under My computer. It is visible under Disk Management but
I cant do anything to it. When I right click it the menu only give me a help option. When I boot from a Linux USB stick, I can view and access data on both partitions.
I need to access the D drive on windows what should I do? Thanks

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