SQL Server 2005 Developer ed.

I am trying to install 2005 on a new hard drive, running only Windows x64. The processor is a AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 2.02GHz, with 1GB RAM.

When I click on setup.exe, I receive the following error message:

The image file c:\SQLDEV\setup.exe is valid, but for a machine type other than the current machine.

I chose the developer's edition as recommended by MS when installing on 64 bit Windows. Any idea what's wrong?

[422 byte] By [AVPimble] at [2008-2-15]

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# 1

Which version do you have? There are 3 sets of SQL Server binaries right now;

IA-64 - Will not work on your OS
x64(Em64T/AMD64) - Best choice for your OS
x86 - Will only work in certain circumstances.

-Euan

EuanGarden at 2007-9-8 >

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# 2

If you don't have x64 install (folder name should be SQLDEVAMD64), then you can install the x86 version by navigating to c:\sqldev\setup\sqlsetup.exe file.

GregYvkoff at 2007-9-8 >

# 3

Hi,

I'm experiencing the same error with an AMD Athlon 3200+, 1GB RAM computer.
It runs on Win2003 x64 Ent.Ed.
I'm trying to install the x64 version for Developer Ed.

I wonder whether you have solved your problem or not? I do not want to install the x86 version of the sql server.

By the way, the folder structure is not like /AMD ...
It is as \SQL Server x64\Servers

Thanks for your comments,

Eralper
http://www.kodyaz.com

eralper at 2007-9-8 >

# 4

Hello,

My boss just downloaded the SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition. He has asked me to install it to our server....but I get the same message as previously mentioned...

Our server is Win 2003 enterprise edition 32 bit

the file name I am trying to install is en_sql_2005_ent_x64_cd1.iso...I have created a CD from this ISO image.

The server we are running is a Xeon 64bit 2.8Ghz

Any help would be greatly appreciated. We too would like to run the 64 bit version of SQL server...

Forgive me if this is obvious...but do we have to be running 64bit windows before we can install the 64 bit SQL server?

Thanks,

Scott

sadaniel at 2007-9-8 >

# 5

yes, 64bit applications are for 64bit OS.

GregY at 2007-9-8 >

# 6

Yeah, the confusion for some is that the 32-bit version can run both on 32-bit machines and in the WoW for x64 machines. But the reverse is not true. The two 64-bit versions are intended only for their single architecture platform.

Thanks,
Samuel Lester (MSFT)

SamuelLester-MSFT at 2007-9-8 >

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