Follow the steps to take sharepoint site bckup 1-->Open command prompt 2-->Migrate to sharepoint bin directory C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12BIN 3-->Enter following command to take backup of site on "xx" server on port number : "yyy" stsadm -o backup -url "http://xxx:yyy" -filename c:backup.bak 4-->To restore the site use following command stsadm -o restore -url myothersite/ -filename backup-filename.bak (For New Site) Note: In place of myothersite replace your site name use above command for new site .. use -overwrite for already existing site stsadm -o restore -url myothersite/ -filename backup-filename.bak -overwrite (For Existing Site)