Also, whenever you restore databases, you typically run into "Orphaned Users" (mismatch between

Logins and Users)

EXEC sp_change_users_login 'update_one','login','user' to fix that.

http://www.akadia.com/services/sqlsrv_logins_and_users.html%5B/url%5D has some info on it

yes exactly...you shouldnt be making modifications to the Master database.

1) DTS has Transfer Logins & Transfer Stored Procs tasks. Look into that.

2) you could copy the .MDF and .LDF...

Having a separate physical disk for OS, Data, Logs and Backups make sense.

But a separate disk for tempdb seems like overkill..

I suppose it depends on what you are doing with...

Have you checked the SQL SERVER Logs?

perhaps you are hitting a file size limit? or a limit on the number of files?

Is it a DTS task that is waiting on...