Does a format reset permissions?

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SKS

Hi,

I recently recovered an older machine by resetting the drive permissions
temporarily hooked to another machine. Those had been wiped out accidentally
in a "jolly stupid" maneuvere.

While the restored PC runs fine on basic tasks, some will not run. Adobe
Premiere, Norton Ghost, MS Office reinstall.... I keep getting different
error messages all having to do with file access.

I am planning to format the system drive and reinstall the OS. I will also
move all files on the secondary drives temporarily to an external drive and
reformat them too.

I need to know if formatting resets drive permissions, so I have consistent
settings again when the system is reinstalled.

Regards and thanks in advance for any advice.

SKS
 
SKS said:
Hi,

I recently recovered an older machine by resetting the drive
permissions temporarily hooked to another machine. Those had been
wiped out accidentally in a "jolly stupid" maneuvere.

While the restored PC runs fine on basic tasks, some will not run.
Adobe Premiere, Norton Ghost, MS Office reinstall.... I keep getting
different error messages all having to do with file access.

I am planning to format the system drive and reinstall the OS. I will
also move all files on the secondary drives temporarily to an external
drive and reformat them too.

I need to know if formatting resets drive permissions, so I have
consistent settings again when the system is reinstalled.

Regards and thanks in advance for any advice.

SKS
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A full format wipes the drive so nothing will be left*. To be sure you
completely remove everything, during XP's installation delete the
partition first, create a new one, and then install XP.

*Third-party data recovery software can recovery data from a formatted
drive, but for your purposes you can consider that nothing will be left
of the previous operating system, including its permissions.

Malke
 
Thanks for the reassuring response. I shall now be proceeding as planned.

Regards and thanks again!

SKS
 
SKS said:
Thanks for the reassuring response. I shall now be proceeding as
planned.

Regards and thanks again!
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You are most welcome. Make sure you have all hardware drivers on hand
and that you do not connect to the Internet until you have a firewall
installed. I usually install the antivirus also, and then update its
definitions on the first connection to the Internet.

Malke
 
Malke said:
You are most welcome. Make sure you have all hardware drivers on hand
and that you do not connect to the Internet until you have a firewall
installed. I usually install the antivirus also, and then update its
definitions on the first connection to the Internet.

Malke
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Shouldn't SP2 be installed before the antivirus app? I've seen SP2 installs
fail because an antivirus app was installed. Some antivirus apps will
interfere even if auto-scanning is turned off.

Kerry
 
Thanks again.

I had created a SP2 Slipstreamed WinXP-Pro install CD. I normally use
Windows Firewall. I also use Norton Systemworks in full except for Norton
Antivirus. I prefer AntiVir.

I had made a data DVD with all hardware drivers as well as back-ups of all
software that I use so I can reinstall everything from one single disc -
hardware and all software. Didn't think it would come in handy so soon!
After I do all that I need to do, and update everything, I will create a
Ghost Image.

I am already up and running on that PC and will complete some software
installs tomorrow!

Cheerio!

SKS
 
I installed the OS with a SP2 Slipstreamed install CD. I did put in AntiVir
thereafter.

:-)

SKS
 
Kerry said:
Shouldn't SP2 be installed before the antivirus app? I've seen SP2 installs
fail because an antivirus app was installed. Some antivirus apps will
interfere even if auto-scanning is turned off.

Kerry
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Experiences vary. Personally, in several years of supporting thousands
of PCs running a variety of operating systems and different antivirus
applications, I've never seen any antivirus application cause any
installation problems for any application, patch, or service pack. This
doesn't mean, however, that a malfunctioning antivirus can't cause such
problems, just that I've never seen it.


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