InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:00 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1420867-92-1.aspxpre-reqs and hardware it will be obvious from the error message. permissions you will probably need to look in the summary log or perhaps the detailed log.Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:28:56 GMTgeorge sibbaldhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1420867-92-1.aspxHi george ,Thanks for your answer,can you give me some perticular errors interms of permissions,missing prerequisites,hardware issuesand how to troubleshoot it?Sat, 16 Feb 2013 07:42:40 GMTshreekanth.kavalihttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1420867-92-1.aspx[quote][b]shreekanth.kavali (2/16/2013)[/b][hr]1)Can anybody pls answer ,what are the errors usually come while installing sql server?[/quote]thats a big question, but probably most installation failures are going to be caused by a)lack of permissionsb)missing pre-prerequisitese. .net framework)c)hardware configuration issues (i.e. not enough disk space)[quote]2)If installation ,fails how to find the exact reason?[/quote]installation write verbose logs to c:\program files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\and under there a time stamped directory for this run of the installation.Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:35:54 GMTgeorge sibbaldhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1420867-92-1.aspx1)Can anybody pls answer ,what are the errors usually come while installing sql server?2)If installation ,fails how to find the exact reason?Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:03:39 GMTshreekanth.kavali