MessageHi Al If you are trying to restore a single mailbox what you are trying to do here won't work as the security on the restored directory will be incorrect for the new domain as the SID's won't match. What exactly are you trying to do? Let me know and I will try and help further. Regards, Paul Lemonidis. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mulnick, Al To: [ExchangeList] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 4:19 PM Subject: [exchangelist] RE: ...! Exchange 5.5 question !... http://www.MSExchange.org/ Do you want the data or just the same org structure etc? Al -----Original Message----- From: Meral KESKINER [mailto:MeralK@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:17 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] ...! Exchange 5.5 question !... Importance: High http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hello All, I have an exchange 5.5 server in real network and I want same exchange configuration in a seperate domain with same server name, exchange organisation etc... I've been told that copying dir.edb, pub.edb and private.edb from real system into the test server's mdbdata and dsadata folders. I copied the files but Exchange Information Service didn't start so is the depentdent services. How can I solve this? Thanks, Regards, ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------