Restoring a SharePoint Site Collection Using the STSADM Utility

Once the original site collection has been deleted, or a new server has been built to replace the old one, you will be ready to restore the site collection using the following procedure:

1.
From the server that has Windows SharePoint Services installed, open the command prompt by going to Start, Run and then typing cmd.exe into the Open box.
2.
Type the following into the command line box: 
cd \Program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\60\bin
3.
Type in 
stsadm.exe –o restore –url http://servername/sitecollectionname -filename C:
\BackupLocation\SiteCollectionBackup.dat ...

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