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Cannot start SQL Server after restoring Master database

Tags: microsoft, sql server, 2005
We have a server that we are trying to migrate to new hardware.  We are testing the new HW before switching over to it.  On the new server, I installed SQL 2005 & patched it to the same version as the old server.  I sucessfully restored the master database from the old server to the new server.  Now when I try to start SQL, it is complaining about not being able to find the mssqlsystemrerouce database.  I have the database engine running under a domain admin (for now) so it shouldn't be a permissions issue.  Anyone have any ideas?

Here is what the error log contains:
2008-03-17 12:21:13.41 Server      Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.3152.00 (Intel X86)
      Mar  3 2007 03:17:37
      Copyright (c) 1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation
      Standard Edition on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 2)

2008-03-17 12:21:13.41 Server      (c) 2005 Microsoft Corporation.
2008-03-17 12:21:13.41 Server      All rights reserved.
2008-03-17 12:21:13.41 Server      Server process ID is 1216.
2008-03-17 12:21:13.41 Server      Authentication mode is MIXED.
2008-03-17 12:21:13.41 Server      Logging SQL Server messages in file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\LOG\ERRORLOG'.
2008-03-17 12:21:13.41 Server      This instance of SQL Server last reported using a process ID of 296 at 3/17/2008 12:21:02 PM (local) 3/17/2008 4:21:02 PM (UTC). This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
2008-03-17 12:21:13.41 Server      Registry startup parameters:
2008-03-17 12:21:13.41 Server             -d C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\master.mdf
2008-03-17 12:21:13.41 Server             -e C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\LOG\ERRORLOG
2008-03-17 12:21:13.41 Server             -l C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\mastlog.ldf
2008-03-17 12:21:13.43 Server      SQL Server is starting at normal priority base (=7). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2008-03-17 12:21:13.43 Server      Detected 1 CPUs. This is an informational message; no user action is required.
2008-03-17 12:21:13.48 Server      Set AWE Enabled to 1 in the configuration parameters to allow use of more memory.
2008-03-17 12:21:13.70 Server      Using dynamic lock allocation.  Initial allocation of 2500 Lock blocks and 5000 Lock Owner blocks per node.  This is an informational message only.  No user action is required.
2008-03-17 12:21:13.73 Server      Attempting to initialize Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.76 Server      Attempting to recover in-doubt distributed transactions involving Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.76 Server      Database mirroring has been enabled on this instance of SQL Server.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.76 spid5s      Starting up database 'master'.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.79 spid5s      1 transactions rolled forward in database 'master' (1). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.79 spid5s      0 transactions rolled back in database 'master' (1). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.79 spid5s      Recovery is writing a checkpoint in database 'master' (1). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.79 spid5s      CHECKDB for database 'master' finished without errors on 2008-03-14 02:00:01.103 (local time). This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.80 spid5s      SQL Trace ID 1 was started by login "sa".
2008-03-17 12:21:14.80 spid5s      Starting up database 'mssqlsystemresource'.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.80 spid5s      Error: 17207, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.80 spid5s      FCB::Open: Operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified.) occurred while creating or opening file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\data\mssqlsystemresource.mdf'. Diagnose and correct the operating system error, and retry the operation.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.80 spid5s      Error: 17204, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.80 spid5s      FCB::Open failed: Could not open file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\data\mssqlsystemresource.mdf for file number 1.  OS error: 3(The system cannot find the path specified.).
2008-03-17 12:21:14.80 spid5s      Error: 5120, Severity: 16, State: 101.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.80 spid5s      Unable to open the physical file "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\data\mssqlsystemresource.mdf". Operating system error 3: "3(The system cannot find the path specified.)".
2008-03-17 12:21:14.82 spid5s      Error: 17207, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.82 spid5s      FileMgr::StartLogFiles: Operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.) occurred while creating or opening file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\data\mssqlsystemresource.ldf'. Diagnose and correct the operating system error, and retry the operation.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.82 spid5s      File activation failure. The physical file name "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\data\mssqlsystemresource.ldf" may be incorrect.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.82 spid5s      Error: 945, Severity: 14, State: 2.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.82 spid5s      Database 'mssqlsystemresource' cannot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memory or disk space.  See the SQL Server errorlog for details.
2008-03-17 12:21:14.82 spid5s      SQL Trace was stopped due to server shutdown. Trace ID = '1'. This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
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