To create copies of the SQL 7.0 master and model databases

1. Use the SQL Server Service Manager to stop the SQL services.

2. Open a command prompt window, and copy the original master and model databases and their transaction logs to the specified file names. In a default installation of SQL 7.0, the databases are in C:\MSSQL7\Data.

   Type the following:

   C:\ mssql7\data> copy master.mdf master$4idr
   C:\ mssql7\data> copy mastlog.ldf mastlog$4idr
   C:\ mssql7\data> copy model.mdf model$4idr
   C:\ mssql7\data> copy modellog.ldf modellog$4idr