I want to run a test DR procedure.
I want to restore active directory from a old box[ will be temporarily shutdown to test DR @ a remote site] to a totally different, hardware wise, to another server.

I backed up AD using NT Backup utility and saved it on another file server.
Can I restore it with NT Backup utility to the new test DR box.
Now I was looking at a microsoft article: 263532. It says it could be done, but it says the machine has to be a stand alone server in a workgroup. Which defeats the purpose to me. Because it is not a AD box.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do?

thanks