Thanks for the reply Vince.  Of course it makes sense if the old file still exists in the original directory!

Before the script it would take us almost half a day to get SQL installed & configured not to mention the problems we had when there were problems with moving the master db!  Now we can pretty much have a fully configured sql server in less than 1 hour!

Have you ever scripted the creation/configuration of 2005 maintenance plans?  That would be the icing on the cake!

I'll let you know how I get on.

Thanks once again.

Mark