The server needs to be in single user mode, not the master database. There's a section in books online on restoring the master database and it goes through the steps necessary.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
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