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SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Installation Error

  • May 18, 2006 at 8:25 am

    #168308

    Dear All,

    I am trying to install the workgroup edition of SQL Server 2005 on a notebook computer. I have tried several times with several options but the installation is stalled with the error message that "The drop location is missing file(s) that allow setup to determine how a multi instance product should be installed. Setup cannot continue, please repair the drop and try again."

    Does anyone know what the probelm is and how to fix this?

    GAP

  • June 15, 2006 at 4:33 pm

    #644094

    This is a partial answer.

    It looks like this error relates to an unstallation of SQL 2000 or SQL 2005. If you have uninstalled SQL this is probably the cause of the error. The Report Server creates a reporting location that still exists even when SQL is uninstalled. (Hence the multi-instance problem)

    Install just the database engine, without the Report Server, and then create new report locations.

    Hope this helps! 

     

     

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