HP B6960-90078 manual Restoring the Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 System State, Restoring the SysVol

Restore

Restoring Windows Systems

•You have to boot the system in the Active Directory restore mode to restore the Active Directory.

Refer to “Restoring Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 Services” on page 283 for details.

When the whole CONFIGURATION is restored, restart the system to read the restored data in the Registry. Refer to “Restoring the Windows Registry” on page 282 for details.

Restoring the SysVol

You can perform a restore of SysVol directory in one of three modes:

•Nonauthoritative restore

If at least one domain controller in the domain is available and working, files are restored to their original location. The restored data is not propagated to other domain controllers.

•Authoritative restore

Perform an authoritative restore if critical SysVol data is deleted from the local domain controller and the deletion is propagated to other domain controllers.

•Primary restore

If all domain controllers in the domain are lost and you want to rebuild a domain controller from backup, the FRS is informed that you are restoring primary files, and files are restored to their original location.

Restoring the Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 System

State

Prerequisites If you use Active Directory, which is always a part of the System State, you have to start the system in the Active Directory restore mode.

Refer to “Restoring Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 Services” on page 283 for details on Active Directory modes.

You restore the System State by selecting the following objects in the

Restore wizard:

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