[dba-SQLServer] Completely Uninstall SQL Server

Dan Waters df.waters at comcast.net
Tue Jan 17 08:48:24 CST 2012


There is a separate download for SQL Express with the express version of
SSMS.

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=25174


Dan

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Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 8:34 AM
To: Discussion concerning MS SQL Server
Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] Completely Uninstall SQL Server

Well this does bring up the issue of installing the SSMS which does not come
with the express version.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 1/17/2012 9:29 AM, Gustav Brock wrote:
> Hi Arthur
>
> After two days and perusing dozens and dozens of pages - many expressing
the same woe - I ended up reinstalling ... with Windows 8 Preview. And
promised myself never to install locally anything else than SQL Server
Express; all regular SQL Server installs will go to server machines.
>
> /gustav
>
> PS: Sorry to bother, but professor Bohr was named Niels.
> An institute of the University of Copenhagen proudly carries his name:
> http://www.nbi.ku.dk/english/about/
>
>
>>>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 17-01-2012 14:48>>>
> How can I completely uninstall SQL Server, removing all traces of it, 
> including anything that might lurk in the registry? I have more than 
> one version installed currently (2008 R2, 2012 RC0, and a 2005 that 
> some other product installed. I want to nuke them all and start over. 
> I've tried uninstalling them one by one, but that doesn't seem to 
> result in a complete nuke. Any suggestions, short of reformatting the 
> disks? (Actually, on payday I intend to buy a TB hard disk, copy 
> everything there, and reformat all the existing disks, and start over 
> from scratch.)
>

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