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Hello Sungpill Han,
Thank you for raising your concern. We appreciate the detailed feedback.
After further review and validation against the latest Azure documentation, we have updated both the correct answer and the explanation for this question.
You are correct that the new data disk was created and attached after the backup was taken, meaning it is not part of the recovery point. After a Replace Existing restore operation, the disk is detached from the VM but not deleted — it remains in the resource group with the log reports still intact. Therefore, the correct action is to re-attach the existing data disk to the virtual machine, not to copy the log reports again.
We have also removed the claim that the local admin password is preserved after a Replace Existing restore, as this behavior is not explicitly documented by Microsoft for Windows VMs and should not have been stated as fact.
We apologize for the confusion caused by the previous explanation and thank you for helping us improve the accuracy of our content.
Cheers,
Irene @ Tutorials Dojo
