Removing Databases

Using SQL Server Management Studio, I see 4 entries, master, model, msdb and temdb, under Databases -> System Databases. Which of these can I safely remove, if any?

Thank you

Hi there,

I don't think you should remove any of them....Each of the system databases is there for a purpose and removing one or more will adversely affect your database server (possibly to the point of inoperability).

Below is a link to adescription of the purpose of each system database:
System Databases

Hope that helps a bit or sheds some light on the matter, but sorry if it doesn't
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HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de
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Nate,

Thank you for the reponse, it helped quite a bit. I am new to SQL Express and I wasn't sure what those Db's were for, so the link is very helpful.