swoozie (7/6/2015)
SQLsrvr.exe -m this did not work either -m unrecognizable
You have to run this from the folder where the exe lives, usually
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.INSTANCEID\MSSQL\Binn
As i said before it seems you were attempting to start a default instance but trying to connect to named instance
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