three 2003 DCs where upgraded from 2000 and as a result the system root directory is WINNT instead of WINDOWS. I am concerned about complications in performing an full system restore from Backup Exec tapes if the need arises. My thought was to wipe the upgraded DCs clean and install 2003 directly to eliminate the possible problems with restoring. I thought if I performed the procedure on one first then when it was fully up and running work on the other...since they are both on the same subnet for redundancy. "flyersix" &lt;(E-Mail Removed)&gt; wrote in message news:a1933655-55b8-47ae-a828-(E-Mail Removed)... &gt;I am not sure if this is the correct spot for this post. My original &gt; problem is two out of my three 2003 DCs where upgraded from 2000 and &gt; as a result the system root directory is WINNT instead of WINDOWS. I &gt; am concerned about complications in performing an full system restore &gt; from Backup Exec tapes if the need arises. &gt; &gt; My thought was to wipe the upgraded DCs clean and install 2003 &gt; directly to eliminate the possible problems with restoring. I thought &gt; if I performed the procedure on one first then when it was fully up &gt; and running work on the other...since they are both on the same subnet &gt; for redundancy. &gt; &gt; Both upgraded systems are running Active Directory Integrated DNS as &gt; well. I wouldn't see a problem with restores as long as the backup was created recently from the