Hi, i have installed SQL SERVER EXPRESS 2008 and when i try to start it, i get the following error:
The request failed or the service did not respond in a timely fashion. Consult the event log or other applicable error logs for details.
From Windows Event Log:
FileMgr::StartLogFiles: Operating system error 2(File not found) occurred while creating or opening file 'e:\sql10_main_t\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\MSDBLog.ldf'. Diagnose and correct the operating system error, and retry the operation.
The path for the MSDBLog.ldf file is wrong because i don't have any E: drive in my Windows. [Where the *** it got this path from? (can u explain MS?)]
I have no idea on how to fix that path!
From log file:
2008-09-21 04:17:51.93 spid10s Starting up database 'model'.
2008-09-21 04:17:52.00 spid10s Error: 17204, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2008-09-21 04:17:52.00 spid10s FCB::Open failed: Could not open file e:\sql10_main_t\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\model.mdf for file number 1. OS error: 3(file not found.).
2008-09-21 04:17:52.03 spid10s Error: 5120, Severity: 16, State: 101.
2008-09-21 04:17:52.03 spid10s Unable to open the physical file "e:\sql10_main_t\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\model.mdf". Operating system error 3: "3(file not found.)".
2008-09-21 04:17:52.14 spid10s Error: 17207, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2008-09-21 04:17:52.14 spid10s FileMgr::StartLogFiles: Operating system error 2(file not found.) occurred while creating or opening file 'e:\sql10_main_t\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\modellog.ldf'. Diagnose and correct the operating system error, and retry the operation.
2008-09-21 04:17:52.17 spid10s File activation failure. The physical file name "e:\sql10_main_t\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\modellog.ldf" may be incorrect.
2008-09-21 04:17:52.20 spid10s Error: 945, Severity: 14, State: 2.
2008-09-21 04:17:52.20 spid10s Database 'model' cannot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memory or disk space. See the SQL Server errorlog for details.
2008-09-21 04:17:52.20 spid10s Could not create tempdb. You may not have enough disk space available. Free additional disk space by deleting other files on the tempdb drive and then restart SQL Server. Check for additional errors in the event log that may indicate why the tempdb files could not be initialized.
2008-09-21 04:17:52.26 spid10s SQL Trace was stopped due to server shutdown. Trace ID = '1'. This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
2008-09-21 04:17:52.26 spid7s Server name is 'ADMIN\SQLEXPRESS'. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
Seems to be the same problem. How to change that path to the correct one?