Restore Remote Storage Service database in WinServer 2003

Now I'll discuss how to recover data when the reparse points are missing. If a file has been previously migrated to remote storage media and has been replaced on a volume with a reparse or junction point, both the remote storage media and the reparse point are needed to access the migrated data.

If a user inadvertently deletes the reparse point, the administrator needs to use standard file and folder recovery processes to restore it. If no backup of

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the reparse point is available, the migrated data must be accessed using alternate methods. To recover this data:

Note: The data is not saved in the same folder hierarchy as it was originally on the disk, so you will need the filename and version to recover the data.

About the author: Rahul Shah currently works at a software firm in India, where he is a systems administrator maintaining Windows servers. He has also worked for various software firms in testing and analytics, and also has experiences deploying client/server applications in different Windows configurations.

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