question i followed a slightly different set of instructions to move the system databases including the resource one. my results were fine with everything but the resource database. the problem was when i tried to execute the alter statement i kept receiving an error that said database didn't exist, i was in management studio and pointed to master, so I'm a little unclear on how to run the alter statement once the server was brought up in minimal config. i have sql server 2005 clustered environment 64 bit. Any help with this issue would greatly be appreciated.