Many thanks for the input Rudy!

We'll give it a try.  Keep your fingers crossed!

We're comfortable with how to delete the rows but I was worried about creating more problems by creating broken links.  I didn't see any other references in any of the...

Not since we discovered the current issue, but it has been rebooted several times since the tempdb was moved from g: to f: and the stray rows in sysaltfiles seem...

I did run an alter database on tempdb (per the MS KB on moving tempdb).  I basically just gave it the current, correct file locations hoping it might strip any...

Thanks for the reply.

I saw that article but it doesn't seem to apply.  The new database isn't even created so can't be offline and tempdb is functioning normally.

The refererence in...

Here's the exact text of the error.

Server: Msg 945, Level 14, State 2, Line 1

Database 'test123' cannot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memory or disk space.  See...