Restoring an AD LDS instance that does not belong to a configuration set

1. Using the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Setup Wizard, create an AD LDS instance, specifying the same settings that you used during your original AD LDS installation. However, do not create an application directory partition during setup.
2. Stop the AD LDS instance that you just created, as follows:
   1. Click Start , click Administrative Tools , and then click Services .
      
   2. In Services, right-click the AD LDS instance, and then click Stop .
      
3. Open Backup.
4. On the Action menu, click Recover .
5. Follow the steps in the Recovery Wizard to specify the location of the source backup data and identify the specific backup from which you want to recover instance data.
6. In Select recovery type , click Files and folders , and then click Next.
7. In Select items to recover , browse to and select the folder that contains the instance data files. By default, AD LDS database and log files are located in %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft ADAM\ instancename, where instancename is the AD LDS instance name.
8. In Specify recovery options , click Original locations and Overwrite existing files with recovered files , and then click Next .
9. To complete the restore, click Finish .
10. After the restore is complete, close Backup.
11. Start the AD LDS instance that you just created, as follows:
    1. Click Start , click Administrative Tools , and then click Services .
       
    2. In Services, right-click the AD LDS instance, and then click Start .
       

Additional considerations

• To open Backup, click Start , click Administrative Tools , and then click Backup .
  
• If you accidentally start a restore of an AD LDS instance over a currently running AD LDS instance, we recommend that you immediately restart the computer, stop the AD LDS instance, and then perform the restoration again.