Windows 7 preserve share permissions after os refresh

[chamjisky]

Hi<br />
I have windows 7 and I have shared alot of folders with a lot of users . They have a bit complex permissions.
At share level all have full control but at ntfs security level Granular permissions are set. <br />
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Now I need to format the os drive and reinstall windows 7. All the data is located in another partition of same harddisk.. Would I loose all  those share permissions on files and folders once os drive is formatted and same os is reinstalled?

Also this pc is a member of domain and tools are shared using users name as ls in active directory <br />
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How to preserve them or export and reimport them? <br />
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Or I have to re do all shares one by one? <br />
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Regards

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[deanwebb]

Reformat and reinstall means everything in the OS is wiped, so no permissions will be preserved, because they are stored in the OS.

Backing up the OS and restoring it will preserve the permissions, but also everything else with the OS, which may mean you get back whatever it is that made you decide to reinstall.

You will be rebuilding those shares if you do a reinstall.

[chamjisky]

Isn't there any way we can backup those permissions?

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[deanwebb]

This might help:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2008/11/24/how-to-back-up-and-restore-ntfs-and-share-permissions.aspx

This as well, even if it was written for Win2003:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/125996