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Feedback will be sent to Microsoft: By pressing the submit button, your feedback will be used to improve Microsoft products and services. Privacy policy. This topic provides an overview and supporting procedures for restoring or repairing a server running Windows Server Essentials, and includes the following sections:.

Overview of server system restores. Restore or repair the system drive. Restore files and folders on the server. The state of the server when you perform a restore affects the restore method that is available and how comprehensive a restore you can perform.

You can either restore the server from a backup, or you can restore the server to factory default settings. Restoring the server from a backup. Resetting the server to factory default settings. If a backup is available, your best choice for restoring your server is to use the manufacturer's installation media to restore from an external backup.

The restoration will recover server settings and folders from the backup that you choose. You only need to configure settings and restore data created after the backup.

When you choose to recover your server by restoring from a previous backup, you must choose the specific backup that you want restored, and you must have a valid backup file on an external hard drive that is directly connected to the server:. If you have a very recent successful backup of the server , and you know that the backup contains all of your critical data, your choice is fairly straightforward. You will only need to recreate data that was created after your last good backup and reconfigure settings changes made after the backup.

If you are restoring your server because of a virus , select a backup that you know occurred prior to receiving the virus. You might need to go back several days to select a backup that is clean. If you are restoring your server because of bad configuration settings , select a backup that you know occurred prior to the configuration setting change that is causing the issue on the server. When you restore from a backup, the exact process and the required follow-up depend on the number of hard drives on the server and whether the system drive is replaced:.

If the server has a single hard drive and the drive is not replaced , the drive partition information is left intact when you restore the server.

The system volume is restored, and the data on the remaining volume is preserved. If the server has a single hard drive and the drive is replaced , the system volume is restored, and then you must manually restore folders to the data volume. Any non-default shared folders need to be created because they are not created when the server storage is recreated.

If the server has multiple hard drives, and drive 0 contains the system volume is not replaced , the drive partition information is left intact when you restore the server. The system volume is restored, and the data on all remaining volumes is preserved. If the server has multiple hard drives, and drive 0 contains the system volume is replaced , the system volume is restored, and then you must manually restore any shared folders that were previously stored on drive 0.

If you do not have a backup that you can restore from, or for some other reason you want or need to perform a full system restore without restoring the previous server configuration, you can perform a restore that resets the server to factory default settings by using installation or recovery media from the server hardware manufacturer.

When you restore your server by resetting it to factory default settings, all existing settings and installed applications on your server are deleted, and you must configure your server again. After a factory reset, your server restarts. When you perform a factory reset, you can choose to keep your data or delete it, with the following effects:.

If you choose to keep all your data, all data on the system volume is deleted, but the data on other volumes is retained. If the disk settings do not match the default settings, all data on a disk will be deleted. If you replaced the system disk, the new disk must be larger than the original disk's system volume.

If the partition information for a system drive is unreadable, or if you replace the system drive, all data on the system drive will be removed, even if you choose to keep all your data. If you plan to decommission or repurpose the server, choose to delete all of your data. In addition to the server configuration, other settings, and the data on the system volume, all other data is deleted, and all hard drives on the server are reformatted.

If Storage Spaces is configured on the server, before you perform a factory reset, you should use the Advanced section of the Manage Storage Spaces console to manually remove all storage spaces. Reconfigure the server. On the server, use the Configure Server Wizard to reenter configuration settings.

Reconnect client computers to the server. If a computer was previously connected to the server, you must uninstall the Windows Server Essentials Connector software from the computer before you connect the computer to the server again. For more information, see Uninstall the Connector software and Connect computers to the server. The first step in server restoration is to restore or repair the server system drive.

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Millions of people have used my Clean Install tutorials for ten years and not one has ever come back with problems that I have seen. So let me know if I can help you further get the best install of Windows one can have. I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted.

I will keep working with you until it's resolved. The pages appear to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the sites that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP Potentially Unwanted Products. Thoroughly research any product advertised on the sites before you decide to download and install it. Thanks Greg for the quick reply. After a second read, I guess your advice is not inconsistent with DaveM's response. If I understand correctly, there is no way I can just restore my program and apps from my backup without messing with the new W10 install.

BUT, I could restore the full backup old W10 included and then, in theory, do an "Upgrade this PC" that would basically reinstall the W10 and eliminate the problems I was having with the original W10 install. The only problem is Eventually I forced a reboot to the Sony Recovery Software this was the last Sony product I'll ever buy , which did not provide for an "upgrade" only. So, if I did a full backup would I not be back in the same position and in a do-loop for eternity?

In reply to DaveM's post on July 9, Thanks to you for the quick response as well Dave. Please see my reply to Greg Carmack. What "backup disk" do you have? If a file or folder name has spaces, surround it with quotes. Why does the recovery operation take so long? Bin folder? What happens if the destination drive is full?

I was not able to recover the file, now what? File systems There are several file systems supported by Windows that vary depending on the storage device or operating system. General syntax The following table summarizes what each basic command line parameter and switch is used for.

Parameter or switch Description Supported modes Source-drive: Specifies the storage device where the files were lost. Shows a quick summary of syntax and switches for general users. Shows a quick summary of syntax and switches for advanced users. Segment Signature. Can you give some tips to help me use correct syntax? Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first.

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Submit feedback. Thank you for your feedback! Regular mode, the standard recovery option for non-corrupted NTFS drives. Extensive mode, a thorough recovery option suitable for all file systems.

Scans for a specific file by using a file name, file path, file type, or wildcards. Segment mode, recovery option for NTFS drives using file record segments. Signature mode, recovery option for all file system types using file headers.