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Pls help me manually remove SQL 2005
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| Albert 2006-03-26, 8:23 pm |
| Dear all,
I uninstalled SQL 2005 Std on Win 2003 Server, with the intention of
re-installing. However the uninstall somehow went wrong and not everything
was removed. When I try to reinstall a default instance it tells me there is
already one there.
Can anyone point me to a detailed process for completely removing SQL 2005
and its related components and servers (reports, BI etc)?
I would be so grateful - if I don't get this back up by Monday I am doomed!
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| John Bell 2006-03-26, 8:23 pm |
| Hi Albert
There are instructions regarding un-installing in the help file {root
path}\Setup Bootstrap\Help\{lang id}\setupsql9.chm. This also tells you where
to look for the log files to check what has failed.
John
"Albert" wrote:
> Dear all,
> I uninstalled SQL 2005 Std on Win 2003 Server, with the intention of
> re-installing. However the uninstall somehow went wrong and not everything
> was removed. When I try to reinstall a default instance it tells me there is
> already one there.
>
> Can anyone point me to a detailed process for completely removing SQL 2005
> and its related components and servers (reports, BI etc)?
>
> I would be so grateful - if I don't get this back up by Monday I am doomed!
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