Can a Windows System State Backup be used to perform restore operations (4220662)

Provided the backups were created using as a Microsoft Tape Format (MTF)-compliant backup file (.bkf) or Windows Server backup file (.vhd, .vhdx):

1. Start the Online Restore Wizard
2. Click Next
3. If the backup is a file (such as a .bkf , vhd or vhdx file) click Register |  Register Backup File
4. If the backup was created using Windows 2008 or later, and you are using a version of RMAD prior to 8.7, you need to first register the .vhd file as a disk in Windows and then register the DIT database as an offlline Active Directory database in RMAD :
    - Start Windows Disk Management snap-in
    - Click Action | Attach VHD
    - Select the VHD file from the backup folders and click Open
    - Click OK
    - In the RMAD Online Restore Wizard, click Register | Register Offline Active Directory Database
    - Browse to the following path on the new disk created from attaching the VHD file and select the ntds.dit file: Windows\NTDS
    - Click OK
5. Click Next
6. Select the new registered backup which is indicated by the date in the Created column and it will have a blank Media column
7. Step through the rest of the wizard to perform the restore