From: genew@ocis.net   
      
   On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:42:04 +0200, Erland Sommarskog   
    wrote:   
      
   >Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:   
   >>      Yesterday, I tried to install SQL Express for the first time on   
   >> this new installation.  It failed with   
   >>           Wait on the Database Engine recovery handle failed.   
   >> This is worse than before.  At least I was able to install it a few   
   >> times.   
   >   
   >If it comes this far, there is an error log in   
   >C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\LOG\ERRORLOG   
   >   
   >Setup tries to start SQL Server, but something prevents SQL Server from   
   >starting successfully. Please post this log here.   
      
        Blast!  I already restored the partition, and that is not one of   
   the log files I saved.  I saved "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL   
   Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20101013 151407\Summary Loop 20101013   
   151407.txt" and the same directory's "Detail.txt".   
      
        I will try again tomorrow and be sure to save the log file you   
   mentioned above.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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