You can perform an out-of-place restore operation of a site in a root source site collection to a site in a non-root source site collection.
Before You Begin
Always browse and restore a document, a sub site, a library, or a list one level higher in the destination. Else, the restore operation might fail.
For example,
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Restore a document or a list item to a document library or a list where they need to be restored to.
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Restore a complete document library, a list or a sub site to the root (/) of their current site collection.
Procedure
Behavior of the restores vary based on the selected source as shown below:
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When a root web of a root site collection is restored to a sub-site, it overwrites the sub-site at the destination.
Source: http://sp2010:100 Destination : http://sp2010:200/sites/test1/sub1 Result : http://sp2010:200/sites/test1/sub1 -
When a root web of a normal site collection is restored to a sub-site, it creates a new sub-site at the destination.
Source: http://sp2010:100/sites/src Destination : http://sp2010:200/sites/test1/sub1 Result : http://sp2010:200/sites/test1/sub1/src