One possible alternative is to use rectangles (an autoshape)
to replace formatted range/table borders. The rectangle could be
suitably formatted* and sized / fitted to grid
(press Alt while resizing the formatted rectangle to fit to grid)

*example: with "No Fill", 3pt weight, Blue, etc

This will make the borders "drag-proof"

The usual way to avoid copying formats
would be to use:
Copy paste special formulas ok
instead of dragging
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I need to prevent cell borders from being created or removed when
formulas/data are dragged or copied to different parts of the spreadsheet.

The sheet is a sort of table and the borders are for presentation
purposes,
thus need the to retain them in their current form.

They need to be drag/copy proof rather than just finding a way of copying
without altering them.

I am using Excel 2003.