>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>What is the best/preferred/proper way to move a database (the physical files) to a new drive or location?
>>>
>>>TIA,
>>
>>Ken,
>>
>>Look at the "Attaching and Detaching Databases" topic in the SQL Books On Line. They tell you how to do this.
>>
>>BOb
>
>thanks Bob - that's what we've been doing - didn't know if that was best way

You can also use backup/restore, but we use the to duplicate a database on another server. We do this to take our development master to our personal server to work with.