http://sharepointware.com/interview-questions/Sharepoint-Backup/16.aspx Sharepoint Questions and FAQs en-us http://sharepointware.com/questions/How-do-I-recover-a-backup-from-Sharepoint-2.0-to-Sharepoint-3.0/16/1478.aspx Does anyone know how to recover a Sharepoint 2.0 backup into 3.0? 2.0 makes the backup a .bak file when backups from 3.0 are converted into a .xml file. Has anyone run into this or know where I might be able to find this out at? 11/14/2008 http://sharepointware.com/questions/How-can-I-backup-Sharepoint-Server-3/16/1479.aspx There are several ways. Third party tools such as AvePoint will provide item level restore. You can also use built in tools such as stsadm.exe to backup sites. 11/14/2008