Backup & Restore sites with stsadm command
For Backup : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287967.aspx For site collection backup stsadm -o backup -url <URL name> -filename <file name> [-nositelock] [-overwrite] For Restore : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288929.aspx For site collection restore stsadm -o restore -url <URL name> -filename <file name> [-hostheaderwebapplicationurl] <Web application URL> [-overwrite] To Take Backup of Site C:\Progra~1\Common~1\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN> stsadm -o backup - url http://testserver/sites/sitename -filename c:\backup\bk.dat To Restore Whole Site C:\Progra~1\Common~1\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN> stsadm -o restore - url http://server/sites/newsite -filename c:\backup\bk.dat If you want to overwrite existing web site then use -overwrite .