• The error nessage Could not find the Database Engine startup handle. usually means that Setup could not connect to the Database Engine, which it expects to be running at this point.

    Check the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\LOG. There should be one or more ERRORLOG files. They might give a clue.

    [font="Times New Roman"]Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, www.sommarskog.se[/font]