Note: The following scenario is to be used when your domain controller is shot and it was the one and only domain controller in your environment. If you had more than one domain controllers, then the following steps are not for you.
1. Create a backup of the system state through ntbackup
2. Store in a share location.
3. Shut down the DC.
4. Create a new windows 2003 server
5. Run dcpromo to make it a domain controller. Make the following selections
a. Select ‘Domain Controller for a new domain’
b. Select ‘Domain in a new forest’
c. The full dns name should be exactly the same as the previous domain.
6. Continue to install DNS services
7. Restart the server.
8. Restart the server in ‘Directory Services Restore Mode’
9. Run ntbackup restore
10. Select the backup file which was created in step 1
11. Once the restore is complete, restart the server.
12. And now you can see all the objects, group policies etc which were present in the old domain controller.
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Two pathans died. Angels were questioning them:
Angel to the 1st Pathan: Whats your name?
Pathan: Ikhlas
Angel asked him to recite Surah Ikhlas and he was sent to Paradise as a result.
Angel to the 2nd Pathan: Whats your name?
Pathan: The name is Yasin, but my nickname is 'Kauthar'
:D
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