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All,<br />
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I need to do a reload of an SBS 2003 system because of a potential virus and Exchange corruption. &nbsp;I do not have a full SBS 2003 (built-in backup) backup to do a recovery from pre-virus incident. &nbsp;<br />
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I am going to reload the OS from scratch and rebuild the shares/exchange/etc. &nbsp;My question is, can I use a system state Backup to recover the Active Directory stuff before I do the 'Continue Setup' option and then load Exchange?<br />
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Obviously i want to do this to avoid having to rejoin all the clients to a new domain/etc. &nbsp;Or is starting from scratch my only real option?<br />
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I have a temp server as well that could be used for a pseudo swing if it would save any time.<br />
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Thanks.
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All,

I need to do a reload of an SBS 2003 system because of a potential virus and Exchange corruption.  I do not have a full SBS 2003 (built-in backup) backup to do a recovery from pre-virus incident.  

I am going to reload the OS from scratch and rebuild the shares/exchange/etc.  My question is, can I use a system state Backup to recover the Active Directory stuff before I do the 'Continue Setup' option and then load Exchange?

Obviously i want to do this to avoid having to rejoin all the clients to a new domain/etc.  Or is starting from scratch my only real option?

I have a temp server as well that could be used for a pseudo swing if it would save any time.

Thanks.

SBS Recovery

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).