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In SQL 2005 you can choose the location of the database files when creating the database. You can even have a single database broken into several files and placed in separate locations.<br />
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This may be one reason you no longer see that option.
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In SQL 2005 you can choose the location of the database files when creating the database. You can even have a single database broken into several files and placed in separate locations.

This may be one reason you no longer see that option.

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But what about systems databases? Wasn't it a best practice in sql 2000 to have program files and system databases in separate partitions?
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But what about systems databases? Wasn't it a best practice in sql 2000 to have program files and system databases in separate partitions?

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Ok so how do I separate them? If I'm giving file path of C:\mssql prog files will come here also the system databases are created here under C:mssql\data but I wan't change this to go to D drive? any idea?
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Ok so how do I separate them? If I'm giving file path of C:\mssql prog files will come here also the system databases are created here under C:mssql\data but I wan't change this to go to D drive? any idea?

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In sql srv 2000, there were options during the installation to specify wehre the installation and DBs should go. I'm not seeing this in sql 2005 enterprise edition during installation. Isn't there a performance gain to separate the installation files from DBs? What's the best practice for sql srv 2005? 
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In sql srv 2000, there were options during the installation to specify wehre the installation and DBs should go. I'm not seeing this in sql 2005 enterprise edition during installation. Isn't there a performance gain to separate the installation files from DBs? What's the best practice for sql srv 2005? 

how to separate location of sysdb from installation files during installation?

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.