Perform a nonauthoritative restore of AD DS Server 2003, 2008, 2012

1. At the Windows logon screen, click Switch User, and then click Other User.
2. Type .\administrator as the user name, type the DSRM password for the server, and then press ENTER.
3. Click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator.
4. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
   wbadmin get versions -backuptarget:<targetDrive>:
   -machine:<BackupComputerName>
   Where:
   • <targetDrive>: is the location of the backup that you want to restore.
     
   • <BackupComputerName> is the name of the computer where you want to recover the backup. This parameter is useful when you have backed up multiple computers to the same location or you have renamed the computer since the backup was taken.
     
5. Identify the version that you want to restore.
   You must enter this version exactly in the next step.
6. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
   wbadmin start systemstaterecovery -version:<MM/DD/YYYY-HH:MM>
   -backuptarget:<targetDrive>: -machine:<BackupComputerName>
   -quiet
   Where:
   • <MM/DD/YYYY-HH:MM> is the version of the backup that you want to restore.
     
   • <targetDrive>: is the volume that contains the backup.
     
   • <BackupComputerName> is the name of the computer where you want to recover the backup. This parameter is useful when you have backed up multiple computers to the same location or you have renamed the computer since the backup was taken.
     
   If you do not specify the -quiet parameter, you are prompted to press Y to proceed with the restore process and press Y to confirm that the replication engine for SYSVOL has not changed since you created the backup.
   After the recovery operation has completed, if you are not going to perform an authoritative restore of any restored objects, restart the server.