>I don't wont to change the name but SQL 2005 won't accept the file names as they are. It keeps telling me that "the name 'Whatever_data.mdf' may be incorrect." The files are named _data.mdf and _log.ldf. I seem to remember that was pretty much the default with versions 6 and 7 so it surprises me that 2005 would balk at it....

Lynda,

I believe you are getting a problem here not due to the name of the files themselves but due to the fully qualified name including the path and drive letter. SQL 2005 does not care what you name the file but where the files are placed in the restore must be local to the machine you are restoring to.