i think i'm in the same ball park. Database not found !

1. Run the AdventureWorks installation, it will create two files - a MDF and LDF file.

Are these two files created here :

C:\ProgramFiles\MicrosoftSQLServer\MSSQL.\MSSQL\Data\AdventureWorks_Data.mdf

If so i'm missing the AdventureWorks_Data.mdf file ? Or am i?

it installs it to the corresponding instance's directory so for my machine the AW files are installed to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data .

To use the files simply attach a new database pointing it to the AdventureWorks_Data.mdf file.

|||I'm afraid I don't really understand what you're asking. Are you saying the .mdf file is or isn't there?|||

Pepellini, did this solve your problem? Please update thread.

Thanks,

Derek