Recovering an AD database using DSRM

DSRM is a boot option that is like safe mode but is only available to Windows Server domain controllers, allowing an administrator to authoritatively restore or repair a corrupted AD database (identified as the Ntds.dit file). Typically, if there is an error raised on a domain controller that cannot be easily resolved, DSRM must be used to restart the domain controller in an offline mode, allowing the administrator to recover system files and work with the collection of database files located in %SystemRoot%\NTDS by default.

This collection of files comprising an AD database results in the following:

AD file	File description
Ntds.dit	This is the main database file that contains all AD objects and directory partitions.
Edb*.log (one or multiple files)	These files are...