Yes it does. I have done bench testing and it restores everything.

Regards,
Peter Mugoh
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From: "[db]" <dimbega@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:06:47 +0300
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Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] DC storage challenges

thanks Peter, 

I have always had misgivings about pulling down something that serves 200+ users round the clock. 
This, despite the fact that there is an alternate that also needs some work (not trustworthy). 
But just out of need to know, does windows backup take good care of AD and Group Policy and all other things that burden a Win Server? 

On 29 July 2015 at 06:27, Peter Mugoh <pkmugoh@gmail.com> wrote:
If worst arises, do a backup of your DC using Windows Backup. Do a clean installation of Windows Server with the partitions you want, then restore the DC backup.

Regards,

Peter Mugoh
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