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by malik_ajay

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What is the best way to backup and restore WINS in disaster?

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by alpha-male

Well...hopefully you'll backup *before* a disaster...

Open the "WINS Manager Mapping" menu.
Select "Backup Database".
In directories text box, select \WINNTROOT\System32\WINS

The WINS server loads the backup data if it determines that itsdata is corrupt.

Procedure to manually restore the database:

Open the "WINS Manager Mapping" menu.
Select "Restore Database".
Specify the path to the database file.

Another database restoration method is to:

Delete the following files in \WINNTROOT\System32\WINS:
JET*.LOG
WINSTMP.MDB
SYSTEM.MDB
Copy WINS.MDB from the backup directory to \WINNTROOT\System32\WINS.

It's a good idea to back up your DB to a disk as well (or burn to a CD).

Good luck!

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