unable to install sql server setup exit code(could not fidn db engine start up handel)

Question

i am getting this error during sql installtion.

Answer 1

There is no error message in your post.

Review installation log files for more details.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/install-windows/view-and-read-sql-server-setup-log-files?view=sql-server-ver16

Answer 2

It can be because of media you use to install or may be hardware incompatibility.

Answer 3

Hi @jabbaria hanif

You can refer to this article.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/24364.sql-server-troubleshooting-could-not-find-database-engine-startup-handle-error-during-installation.aspx

Best regards,

Percy Tang

Answer 4

Hi @jabbaria hanif

Please find the similar thread and possible resolution on error "Could not find the Database Engine startup handle" which you are getting in below thread-

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/820021/could-not-find-the-database-engine-startup-handle

Thank you!

Answer 5

This is a generic error that means that SQL Server did not start when Setup wanted to run configuration steps. To understand why it did not start, you need to look in the SQL Server errorlog, which you find in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\LOG\ERRORLOG. Note that the component MSSQL16.MSSQLSERVER is for a default instance of SQL 2022. If you are trying to install an older version or a named instance, this component will have a different name.

If you see a message about 256 misaligned reads, you are running into a known issue where Windows 11 for some disk drives reports a sector size that SQL Server does not cope with. Microsoft has published an article with workarounds for the problem.

If you don't see the message about misaligned reads, feel free to upload the errorlog here, so we can look at it. You will need to rename to ERRORLOG.txt for the forum software to accept it.