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How to fix "Unable to install SQL Server (setup.exe) Exit Code (Decimal): -2061893606Error description: Wait on the Database Engine recovery handle failed. Check the SQL Server error log for potential causes

Tsotne Zantaraia 20 Reputation points
2023-12-22T10:31:11.2466667+00:00

Hello I downloaded SQL Server 2022 Developer and At the end of the installation gave me this error

Summary_TsZ_20231222_135157.txt Detail.txt Here are summary and detail, appreciate any help . Thanks in advance !

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  1. Erland Sommarskog 121.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-12-22T22:20:28.1666667+00:00

    The message Wait on the Database Engine recovery handle failed 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.

    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.

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  1. Olaf Helper 47,436 Reputation points
    2023-12-22T11:26:40.5766667+00:00

    Check the SQL Server error log for potential causes

    Do what the message says: Viewing the SQL Server Error Log

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