How to Back Up the System State on a Domain Controller

This addition gets information about How to take back up of system state on a domain controller. Here some steps given below these provide help for computer repair and create back up of system state.

These steps are following:

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Backup.
2. Click the Backup tab.
3. Click to select the System State check box. (All of the components to be backed up are listed in the right pane. You cannot individually select each item.)

NOTE: During the system state backup, you must select to back up the Winnt\Sysvol folder. You must also select this option during the restore operation to have a working sysvol after the recovery.
The following information applies only to domain controllers. You can restore member servers the same way, but in normal mode.

If any of the following conditions are not met, the system state is not restored. Backup attempts to restore the system state, but does not succeed.
• The drive letter on which the %SystemRoot% folder is located must be the same as when it was backed up.
• The %SystemRoot% folder must be the same folder as when it was backed up.
• If sysvol or other Active Directory databases were located on another volume, they must exist and have the same drive letters also. The size of the volume does not matter.