To Restore the Site in SharePoint 2007
Morbi id est in his stsadm.exe”C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12BINstsadm.exe”
Syntax : stsadm.exe -o restore -url -filename
Example : stsadm.exe -o restore -url http://localhost:2100/ -filename backup.dat
If you are trying to restore with the empty webapplication then the above command will successfully restore your backup.
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