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Error message
Unable to install SQL Server(setup.exe). Exit Code(Decimal: 2061893606 Error description. Wait on the Database Engine recovery handle failed
So, after looking in the correct errorlog-file this time, I was able to confirm that it was the "256 misaligned log IOs"-error after all. Following this troubleshoot guide from Microsoft's documentation, I was able to confirm that my sector storage size was above the maximum limit of 4KB.
The solution for me was to set up a virtual hard disk and install the SQL Server there.
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The error message tells you that SQL Server did not start when Setup wanted to run configuration steps. As the error message says, you need to look into the SQL Server error log to find out why. You find the log in C:\Program Fles\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL15.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\LOG\ERRORLOG.
If the errorlog includes a message about 256 misaligned reads and reverting to synchronous mode, check out this article for workarounds.
If that message is not present, upload the errorlog (rename to be called errorlog.txt, or else the forum software will not agree to attach it), so we can look at it.
Which article?
Sorry about that. Someone else asked the same question in more or less 24 hours before your post and I had posted the same answer there. My first intention was to point you do that thread, but then I decided to copy and paste my answer. Unfortunately, I failed to check that the link I had in the original post made it over to this one.
Anyway, the article I intended to point you to, was the one you found by other means and you linked to in your post below.
By the way, I noticed in your summary file, that you had selected Danish_Norwegian_CI_AS as the collation, but details in the log suggested that you are in Norway. So you may prefer to use Norwegian_100_CI_AS. Unless you really want to sort by Danish rules. (Which means that AA will co-so-sort with Å.)
Hi @VTW ,
Please check out this similar thread:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/f75f52bb-2ade-4b5f-aee4-1aafc58f6308/sql-failed-with-exit-code-decimal2061893606?forum=sqlexpress
Because you have provided so little information, the advice you can give at this time is limited. You can follow this thread first and try to solve the problem, if it does not work, please check out your error log for more information.
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