I always put a space before each / character, to allow the preceding parameter to be correctly terminated. OK so I've never tried not putting a space, but all the examples on the MS site show a space before each /.
Have you installed .Net3 on your Windows 8 machine? This is required for all supported SQL Server versions. This link shows the install process http://sqlserverfinebuild.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Install%20.Net%203.5
Original author: https://github.com/SQL-FineBuild/Common/wiki/ 1-click install and best practice configuration of SQL Server 2019, 2017 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008 and 2005.
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