[dba-SQLServer]Help - get db back

Jim Lawrence (AccessD) accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Nov 13 21:36:40 CST 2003


Hi John:

Just get the data directory, something like: "\\MyMainServer\Program
Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Data\distmdl.?df" at least you will be
covered from further data loss. If you have to toss the drive, go to
http://www.fdisk.com/fdisk/ and then you can download a DOS 'fdisk'
application that will do the entire disk, not just the first 120GB or bale
on the first sign of disk scramble. It's free, small and fast.

This is not an entire solution but some of it might help.

Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John W.
Colby
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 8:14 AM
To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [dba-SQLServer]Help - get db back


On a related note, I need to get SQL Server to install at all.  I have done
this many times in the past few years.  Now, it starts the process, then
just goes out to lunch and never comes back.  I have a directory structure
on the disk complete with a ton of DLLs and stuff, but no program groups
etc.

Does anyone know how to tell what is going wrong and get it to finish the
install?

Windows 2000 SP3, SQL Server 2K.

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com


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