it worked! Thanks so much. The Restore as paths were the problem. I changed to reflect new server SQL installation path and that resolved the problem. Again, many thanks.

- Res

Thanks, will check out step-by-step instructions on Book online.

i think I must create a new database first on SQL2 and then restore the backup Db into this new DB? That is what I did, because the restore DB...

I used a full backup and gave it a unique name