Argh! Frustrating PC problem, any experts out there?
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09-27-2006, 11:54 AM
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Yeah, the re-install didn't go so well...
Try yanking it and blowing away the directories manually before attempting a re-install. Plus, are you trying to run the Desktop SQL Engine as well? Not sure those play well together...
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 -- Error 28111. SQL Server Setup cannot write system databases to C:\sql2000\MSSQL\Data\, because it contains files from a previous installation. To continue, move the databases from the specified folder, or specify a different installation folder. Then run SQL Server Setup again.
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09-27-2006, 12:03 PM
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Sweet mother of god you've got a bunch of junk on this poor machine... trying to run SQL, Web & mail servers!!
How many hard disks do you have? If the answer is only one, I assume you have multiple partitions? It appears you've got some disk write issues in the mix... though its been clean for a couple days. Might have just been some corrupt data...
EDIT: You've got mail!
How many hard disks do you have? If the answer is only one, I assume you have multiple partitions? It appears you've got some disk write issues in the mix... though its been clean for a couple days. Might have just been some corrupt data...
EDIT: You've got mail!
Last edited by dzervit; 09-27-2006 at 12:16 PM.
#33
09-27-2006, 02:35 PM
Originally Posted by webmaster
Hey All, I am hoping there are Windows XP experts out there that may be able to help suggest a next step or diagnostic tool.
For the past few days, I have been experiencing intermittent errors, primarily
"EAccessViolation" type errors, with random applications. Through Google'ing, I have not been able to come up with a concrete reason why they occur, so I have gone through the typical laundry list of what screws up Windows.
I've done several complete anti-virus scans (up to date Norton), adware scans (up to date Ad-Aware, Spybot & Ewido), thorough chkdsk's (four times, at least, including Norton Disk Doctor, which uses chkdsk for NTFS volumes anyway), disk diagnostics via Paragon's Partition Manager, and even booted up via the Windows Recovery console and ran all of the PC-Doctor diagnostics (memory, storage, 12 hours!) and nothing came up.
I've also run RegSeeker (registry cleaner) a dozen times and made sure I had the latest BIOS updates and system patches from IBM (it's a ThinkPad T41). It does have a new hard drive (Seagate 100gb, 7200rpm), which I put in about three weeks ago (and was functioning perfectly up until a couple days ago, so I don't think it is an actual failure of the drive)
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do next? This problem has tied me up for several days now. Short of reinstalling Windows, where I can look next or what software can I try to detect a problem?
For the past few days, I have been experiencing intermittent errors, primarily
"EAccessViolation" type errors, with random applications. Through Google'ing, I have not been able to come up with a concrete reason why they occur, so I have gone through the typical laundry list of what screws up Windows.
I've done several complete anti-virus scans (up to date Norton), adware scans (up to date Ad-Aware, Spybot & Ewido), thorough chkdsk's (four times, at least, including Norton Disk Doctor, which uses chkdsk for NTFS volumes anyway), disk diagnostics via Paragon's Partition Manager, and even booted up via the Windows Recovery console and ran all of the PC-Doctor diagnostics (memory, storage, 12 hours!) and nothing came up.
I've also run RegSeeker (registry cleaner) a dozen times and made sure I had the latest BIOS updates and system patches from IBM (it's a ThinkPad T41). It does have a new hard drive (Seagate 100gb, 7200rpm), which I put in about three weeks ago (and was functioning perfectly up until a couple days ago, so I don't think it is an actual failure of the drive)
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do next? This problem has tied me up for several days now. Short of reinstalling Windows, where I can look next or what software can I try to detect a problem?
#34
09-27-2006, 02:36 PM
Originally Posted by dzervit
Yeah, the re-install didn't go so well...
Try yanking it and blowing away the directories manually before attempting a re-install. Plus, are you trying to run the Desktop SQL Engine as well? Not sure those play well together...
The hunt continues...
Try yanking it and blowing away the directories manually before attempting a re-install. Plus, are you trying to run the Desktop SQL Engine as well? Not sure those play well together...
The hunt continues...
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09-27-2006, 04:20 PM
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Hey All,
Regarding SQL Server 2000...since the install process was hanging during the point where it tried to start itself (and failed), I think it failed to complete the entire install process. Thus, the uninstaller failed to work. I removed all the known SQL 2000 directories, then ran RegSeeker to remove any references to the application.
BTW, my apologies for the delay. It's been a hellish week with these PC problems. Rather than eating healthy for lunch, like I planned (I've lost about 50 lbs this year), I decided to have nachos, a reuben and several beers...
Thanks again for everyone's help with this.
Regarding SQL Server 2000...since the install process was hanging during the point where it tried to start itself (and failed), I think it failed to complete the entire install process. Thus, the uninstaller failed to work. I removed all the known SQL 2000 directories, then ran RegSeeker to remove any references to the application.
BTW, my apologies for the delay. It's been a hellish week with these PC problems. Rather than eating healthy for lunch, like I planned (I've lost about 50 lbs this year), I decided to have nachos, a reuben and several beers...
Thanks again for everyone's help with this.
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09-27-2006, 04:41 PM
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