Re: Detaching system databases...

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From: Aaron Bertrand - MVP (aaron_at_TRASHaspfaq.com)
Date: 05/19/04


Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 11:49:09 -0400

Ugh, you can go through everything in KB #224071 and cross your fingers that
it all works well. Or, you can detach your *user* databases (or hopefully
you already have valid backups you can simply restore), uninstall SQL
Server, and then reinstall - placing the data directory where you should
have.

-- 
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/
"Todd" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:f1c901c43db7$4ed332f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I need to detach (in order to move the datafiles) MASTER,
> MSDB, MODEL, TEMPDB.  I am using EM and the sp_detach
> options om SQL Server 2000 but it's saying "Can't detach
> system databases".  Am I missing a step?
>
> Do I need to end all connections??
>
> Thanks,
> Todd


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