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Restoring Domain Controller

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by brian6965

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Can I Restore a Domain Controller and the SAM database with no BDC or Repair Disks? The Machine went down and would not restart so NT was installed over the old installation and the user database is gone. Can this be restored?

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by jb007

Without a backup of the PDC or a bdc your data is not recoverable.

regards,

jb.

by green lantern

No ERD, no BACKUP = new domain.
Did you check the repair directory under WINNT? does it show the old repair data? If it shows even one file later than the new install date then you are hosed. If the old SAM database is still there copy it to another directory. Run recovery and point the recovery process to the directory the old SAM database is in.

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