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Hi I'm new to SQL Server but actually I'm getting error below and can't do anything about it :(
Please help.
EDIT: this is when I try to start Installer menu of SQL Server 2022 on latest windows 11 insider build.
In the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\160\Setup Bootstrap\LOG there is one folder for each installation attempt. The most interesting files are summary.txt and defails.txt. If you cannot make sense out of them, you can attach them here.
Do what the message says, review the installation log for more details.
Any particular log?
Hi @Horacy Piguła
Windows 11 uses different block sizes for disc alignment (32k) which aren't supported by SQL Server.
Here is a work aroun: Troubleshoot errors related to system disk sector size greater than 4 KB
If it doesn't help, please post error log.
The location by default is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Setup Bootstrap\Log
There is a summary.txt file and many subfolders created every time the Installation wizard is started. In those subfolders, we can find a Detail.txt file.
Best regards,
Cosmog Hong
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Hi thanks for replying but I already did that and it did not work :(
Also I don't have the folder with number 140 in there, so what should I do?
ps. please check cmd screenshot in the first post for fsutil sector info
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Hello there,
I would suggest you to have a quick look on the below article.
Known issues installing SQL Server on Windows https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/database-engine/install/windows/issues-install-sql-server
In addition, please check below things:
-Please make sure you remove previous failed installation from add remove programs completely. You can remove previous failed installation clearly using the steps in this link.
-Make sure you right click on setup.exe file and select run as administrator when you want to start the SQL Server installation.
-Disable any antivirus software or uninstall it temporarily, and turn off firewall on the machine for the time that the installation is running.
-Please uninstall any version of SSMS older than SSMS 18.3 before installing SQL Server 2019.
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Hello there,
I would suggest you to have a quick look on the below article.
Known issues installing SQL Server on Windows https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/database-engine/install/windows/issues-install-sql-server
In addition, please check below things:
-Please make sure you remove previous failed installation from add remove programs completely. You can remove previous failed installation clearly using the steps in this link.
-Make sure you right click on setup.exe file and select run as administrator when you want to start the SQL Server installation.
-Disable any antivirus software or uninstall it temporarily, and turn off firewall on the machine for the time that the installation is running.
-Please uninstall any version of SSMS older than SSMS 18.3 before installing SQL Server 2019.
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