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romil.nagrani

Posted Sunday, October 31, 2010 12:28 PM

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Hi,

Format my PC and installed SQL Server 2008. Setup hangs as shown in image

Installing on Win 7 64 bit OS. To install SQL Server SP1 is left to do due to this.

FYI, the top text reads: Running post-Windows Installer configuration timing actions
the bottom text reads: SqlEngineConfigAction_install_startup_Cpu64

Please Help!

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romil.nagrani

Posted Sunday, October 31, 2010 1:16 PM

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34 views and 0 replies... this is sad! Crying

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george sibbald

Posted Sunday, October 31, 2010 3:54 PM

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patience! Its only been a couple of hours and it is sunday!

Have you looked at the installation log? Otherwise people can only guess.

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EdVassie

Posted Monday, November 01, 2010 4:22 AM

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You need to find the SQL Server installation log and look for the error message associated with your problem.

There are very many possible causes, so without you saying what the error message is then it is hard to guess what the problem is.

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Adiga

Posted Monday, November 01, 2010 6:05 AM

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To add what others have already mentioned, the setup logs are located in the below folder.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log

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Perry Whittle

Posted Monday, November 01, 2010 10:41 AM

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romil

which edition of SQL server 2008 are you installing?

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Stefan Krzywicki

Posted Monday, November 01, 2010 11:02 AM

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Have you had any previous versions of SQL Server installed on this machine that have since been removed?

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Dinesh Kotian-490285

Posted Thursday, November 04, 2010 8:54 AM

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Try This:

1. Download SQL2008 Service Pack 2
2. Run Initial install of SQL2008 ( If it fails its ok)
3. Run Downloaded Service Pack 2 ( this upadates the shared files with new ones which is casuing the setup to fail initially)
4. Re Run Initial Setup of SQL2008

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