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Authoritative, primary, and normal restores: File and Storage ServicesApplies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 Authoritative, primary, and normal restores In Backup, distributed services data that is part of the System State data, such as the Active Directory directory service data, can be restored using one of three restore methods: Primary restore Normal (nonauthoritative) restore Authorita
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