You need a recovery storage group. This can be homed on a dedicated recovery server or your current server. When you do the mailbox database restore, it will automatically restore to the RSG, and you can then use exmerge to extract the data you require.
Good luck :) From: bounce-8753836-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-8753836-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Chris Pohlschneider Sent: 03 December 2009 14:04 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Restoring E-mail Folder in Exchange 2003 Hello All: I have a dilemma in where the Exchange Server that I inherited does not have restrictions set on the mailboxes. So mailboxes are large and I am in the process of convincing management that we need to set limits since our disk space is getting low. So in order to keep disk space from getting all used up, I do not have Deleted items retention turned on at the server level. Our president of the company accidentally deleted a very important folder in his mailbox and needs it back. What is the best way to get this folder back? Do I need to setup a recovery server and restore to that server so that I can pull this folder out of his mailbox? We are using Exchange 2003 SP2 or Windows Server 2003 SP2. Thanks for your input! Chris Pohlschneider Holloway Sportswear Network Administrator chris.pohlschnei...@hollowayusa.com<mailto:chris.pohlschnei...@hollowayusa.com> 937-494-2559
