Re: WinPE - what happens to filesystem in these scenarios

thank you so much for the reply Darrell.

1) In both cases as far as what permissions are there after a format I was
thinking of permissions on the root of the drive? I assumed after a format
using /fs:ntfs the root of the drive had some default permissions
assigned.?.. which may potentially get inherited by other folders/files that
get put on the drive? Please confirm this is incorrect...which I'm now
assuming.

2) from your comment I'm thinking there is a seperation between the
'structure' of the filesystem and the 'logic' that is used to work with it?
With formating laying down the structure and the ntfs.sys driver being the
logic... this may clear up another question of mine: If I prepare a drive
within winPE, paritioning and formating using diskpart and format.com, can I
install win2k, 2k3, or 2k8 with no issues? (structure same, logic (ntfs.sys)
different)


""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ya8tS4$IJHA.5824@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello James.
| >1) If you boot into winPE and partition and format the drive, then run
a
cd
| >install of windows 2003 or 2008 and install on the existing, already
| >formatted partition, does the OS installation re-do or modify the
| >filesystem? change NTFS permissions?
So you have a blank drive from the format, you install Windows Server 2003
or Windows Server 2008.
They will run NTFS.sys which is the NTFS driver, that enables features for
that versio of Windows.
It does not redo the entire file system.
The drive is blank so there are no NTFS permissions, the OS sets
permissions on the Windows folders and files.


| >
| >2) same as question 1, but change cd install to applying a WIM image to
the
| >already created and formatted partition... does the filesystem already
| >there, or the one in the WIM get used? or does the WIM not really have
a
| >filesystem, but just a folder structure with ntfs permissions? and in
that
| >case are those permissions 'merged' into the existing structure or do
they
| >completely replace the existing structure?

The image is of the OS, not of the entire drive. So it it simply places
the files and folders on top of the existing file system.
There are no permissions on the drive since you just formatted it.
The permissions are on Windows Files and Folders and those come from the
image.
What would be there to be merged?


Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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| >Subject: WinPE - what happens to filesystem in these scenarios
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| >1) If you boot into winPE and partition and format the drive, then run
a
cd
| >install of windows 2003 or 2008 and install on the existing, already
| >formatted partition, does the OS installation re-do or modify the
| >filesystem? change NTFS permissions?
| >
| >2) same as question 1, but change cd install to applying a WIM image to
the
| >already created and formatted partition... does the filesystem already
| >there, or the one in the WIM get used? or does the WIM not really have
a
| >filesystem, but just a folder structure with ntfs permissions? and in
that
| >case are those permissions 'merged' into the existing structure or do
they
| >completely replace the existing structure?
| >
| >need enlightenment on this... in the past I've done either cd installs
and
| >used the OS setup program to partition and format or I have applied
ghost
| >(sector based) images that already contain the formatting to a hard
drive
| >for deploying servers... now that I've started using the WinPE
environment
| >and wims these quesitons arise.
| >
| >
| >



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