diff --git a/docs/relational-databases/databases/copy-databases-with-backup-and-restore.md b/docs/relational-databases/databases/copy-databases-with-backup-and-restore.md index 8c7bf3babe9..db3e365b837 100644 --- a/docs/relational-databases/databases/copy-databases-with-backup-and-restore.md +++ b/docs/relational-databases/databases/copy-databases-with-backup-and-restore.md @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ ms.author: "sstein" In [!INCLUDE[ssCurrent](../../includes/sscurrent-md.md)], you can create a new database by restoring a backup of a user database created by using [!INCLUDE[ssVersion2005](../../includes/ssversion2005-md.md)] or a later version. However, backups of **master**, **model** and **msdb** that were created by using an earlier version of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] cannot be restored by [!INCLUDE[ssCurrent](../../includes/sscurrent-md.md)]. Also, [!INCLUDE[ssCurrent](../../includes/sscurrent-md.md)] backups cannot be restored by any earlier version of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)]. ->**IMPORTANT!** SQL Server 2016 uses a different default path than earlier versions. Therefore, to restore backups of a database created in the default location of earlier versions you must use the MOVE option. For information about the new default path see [File Locations for Default and Named Instances of SQL Server](../../sql-server/install/file-locations-for-default-and-named-instances-of-sql-server.md). For more information about moving database files, see "Moving the Database Files," later in this topic. +> [!IMPORTANT] +> SQL Server 2016 uses a different default path than earlier versions. Therefore, to restore backups of a database created in the default location of earlier versions you must use the MOVE option. For information about the new default path see [File Locations for Default and Named Instances of SQL Server](../../sql-server/install/file-locations-for-default-and-named-instances-of-sql-server.md). For more information about moving database files, see "Moving the Database Files," later in this topic. ## General steps for using Backup and Restore to copy a database When you use backup and restore to copy a database to another instance of SQL Server, the source and destination computers can be any platform on which SQL Server runs.