MY DOMAIN SERVER DOWN DUE TO HARDWARE FAILURE AND O/S ALSO CORUPTED, SO I REINSTALLED THE DC. BUT NOW I WANT TO RESTORE MY ACTIVE DIRECTORY FROM MY SYSTEM STATE BACKUP HOW I CAN DO THIS. I CONFIGURED THE SAME DNS AS I WAS PREVIOUSE. PLEASE HELP ME

Hello, please see: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778772(WS.10).aspxBest regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

It is highly recommended to also backup C: drive, not SystemState alone. I would recover by 1. restoring AD from SystemState (start -> run -> ntbackup) and 2. replicating AD to another DC after that.MCITP: Enterprise Administrator; MCT; Microsoft Security Trusted Advisor

Hi, How many domain controllers in your environment ? have you set trust with other domains? The link that Meinolf posted should help you to achieve the goal. Thanks. Tiger LiPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

only one domain controller in my invironment