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Server 2008 problem with folder redirection for users

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I have just set up a new 2008 server, and set up folder redirection for my documents. I have created all the users that I need also. The problem is that the previous server that I had went down however I managed to backup all the users my documents folders. The user folders are only created when they log in, is there any way of me manually creating these folders and placing their documents back from the back up?

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sarangi_master

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What do you mean what is the form of the redirected folders? There are about 100 users ?

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sarangi_master

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Please can you advise step by step how I would do this ?

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Darius Ghassem

However you had the folders setup on the old server you need to restore them from backup to this place. Then when you setup the folder redirection in AD you can then point them to this new location.

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sarangi_master

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The data on the old server was in a folder called "profiles" in here I have all the folders (redirected my documents) for users example of folder name in the parent folder profiles is "dduncan" (initial followed by surname). in that folder there is a folder called My documents containing all their work.

That is all I have a folder called profiles with all their work in it. The old server no longer exists.

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sarangi_master

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solution is partially complete no one answered my follow up query