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I've been stuck for a couple of days already with the failing installation of SQL Server 2022 Dev edition on win11 10.0.22621. The current error message I get during installation:
I tried Repairing, reinstalling, removing all related registry keys, and renaming related folders in system files. No luck. I am aware of the issue related to system disk sector size greater than 4 KB. Output of the fsutil fsinfo sectorinfo C:
LogicalBytesPerSector : 512
PhysicalBytesPerSectorForAtomicity : 4096
PhysicalBytesPerSectorForPerformance : 4096
FileSystemEffectivePhysicalBytesPerSectorForAtomicity : 4096
Device Alignment : Aligned (0x000)
Partition alignment on device : Aligned (0x000)
No Seek Penalty
Trim Supported
Not DAX capable
Not Thinly-Provisioned
Log error summary: Detailed results: Feature: Database Engine Services Status: Failed Reason for failure: An error occurred during the setup process of the feature. Next Step: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again. Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features Component error code: 0x80004005 Error description: The system cannot find the path specified Has anyone stumbled upon a similar issue?
Yeah, some people have. Don't know if we have found a solution.
Anyway, in the folder in the error message above, there are plenty of log files. We are mainly interested in summary.txt and detail.txt.
Do I understand you correctly, that you have made numerous attempts, and the error message have been different?
Hi @Matt Sad, Please attach the error log which could help us narrow down the issue.
I attached it in the next comment.
You say that you are aware of the disk-sector issue. Had you made these changes before your first attempt? I looked in your log file, and you have the same error as another user that I just replied to. This is where it starts to go wrong:
(18) 2024-01-18 11:55:40 Slp: File 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\160\Shared\sqlmgmprovider.mof' not found!
Why this file would be missing I don't know. But my speculation is that when you have been messing around, cleaning up etc, this has been incomplete, and somehow Setup trips on the wire. Sometime back I tried to help another user who followed this article (which he found himself): https://www.sql-easy.com/learn/how-to-uninstall-sql-server/ and he was eventually able to install SQL Server. If you know how to create virtual machines that is maybe a better option.
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Try running the installer as an administrator. Check that you have the appropriate permissions on the path and that the folder is not in read only. Check the obvious, that you have the route well set. Finally, it also checks that the environment variables are correct
