Hi @Mariusz Gora ,
Agree with andy.
I would also select the Scenario 2. I think it's a good decision to start over with a clean system.
“I found information I can recover server only to the same build it was previously. Is it true?”
You can recover a server using the latest available Cumulative Update.
You could get more details about recover exchange server. Please check this document.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/high-availability/disaster-recovery/recover-exchange-servers?view=exchserver-2019
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