thanks i am planning on backing up the file through ntbackup and the flate files also thanks ________________________________ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of gabriel E. Rincon Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 9:48 PM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: exch 2003 restore I did, a while ago It is kinda hairy Make sure to back up ALL of the logs and the mdbdata directory because if you mess up, you will be history Gabriel ________________________________ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:04 AM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] exch 2003 restore has anybody done a disaster recovery test with exchange 2003 from just the flate database and log files that can share there success thanks