Article goes over the parameters and steps to either restore dbs from tape to this new server or copy the flat db files to new server. If you completely lost your AD, you need to get your AD rebuilt from scratch again. Then, install Exchange, service packs, restore your Exchange DB, once mounted, you have orphaned mailboxes which you can than re-attach to new accounts. Moving an Exchange Mailbox Database to Another Server or Storage Group http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997006.aspx James Chong (MVP) MCSE | M+, S+, MCTS, Security+ msexchangetips.blogspot.com ________________________________ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shorabh Upadhyay Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:29 AM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Exchange 2003 Recovery Hi Billy, As your new Exchange Server is now up Now create storage groups and mailbox store with the same name as they were in your crashed server. After created the mailbox store mount it with blank database, so that new .EDB and .STM files will be created. Now dismount the mailbox store and remove the newly created .EDB and .STM file from database location and now put your backup .EDB and .STM file here. But make sure that file name should be same. Now you can mount your mailbox store with your old database. Let me know for failure and success :-) On 6/13/07, Billy L. Irwin <irwin.billy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: http://www.msexchange.org -------------------------------------------------------Hi, I just received a server that I am trying to recover. The serve completely crashed and we lost active directory completely. I now have installed the OS and Exchange 2003 from scratch and created the same domain and computer name that it had. The only backups I have are the databases. EDB and STM with log files. Can some one give me step-by-step instructions on getting them back on the new machine and getting the IS to mount? Thanks, Billy No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.14/845 - Release Date: 6/12/2007 06:39 ------------------------------------------------------- List Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/exchangelist/ MSExchange Newsletter: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp MSExchange Articles and Tutorials: http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/ MSExchange Blogs: http://blogs.msexchange.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe visit http://www.msexchange.org/pages/exchangelist.asp Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Thanks and Regards, Shorabh S. Upadhyay MicroSoft- Servers Administrator (Ship Is Always Safe at SeaShore But it is not made for this....)