I have a simular problem as clay.routh, Can you help me please?
Here is my sumary.txt log file from SQL Express.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 9.00.2047.00
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OS Version : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Time : Sun Aug 27 08:16:07 2006
HOME-D84394AF4F : Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is either not installed or is disabled. IIS is required by some SQL Server features. Without IIS, some SQL Server features will not be available for installation. To install all SQL Server features, install IIS from Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel or enable the IIS service through the Control Panel if it is already installed, and then run SQL Server Setup again. For a list of features that depend on IIS, see Features Supported by Editions of SQL Server in Books Online.
Machine : HOME-D84394AF4F
Product : Microsoft SQL Server Setup Support Files (English)
Product Version : 9.00.2047.00
Install : Successful
Log File : c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_SQLSupport_1.log
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Machine : HOME-D84394AF4F
Product : Microsoft SQL Server Native Client
Product Version : 9.00.2047.00
Install : Successful
Log File : c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_SQLNCLI_1.log
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Machine : HOME-D84394AF4F
Product : Microsoft SQL Server VSS Writer
Product Version : 9.00.2047.00
Install : Successful
Log File : c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_SqlWriter_1.log
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Machine : HOME-D84394AF4F
Product : MSXML 6.0 Parser
Product Version : 6.00.3883.8
Install : Successful
Log File : c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_MSXML6_1.log
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Machine : HOME-D84394AF4F
Product : SQL Server Database Services
Error : SQL Server Setup cannot write system databases to c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Template Data\, because it contains files from a previous installation. To continue, move the databases from the specified folder, or specify a different installation folder. Then run SQL Server Setup again.
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Machine : HOME-D84394AF4F
Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Product Version : 9.1.2047.00
Install : Failed
Log File : c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_SQL.log
Last Action : DetectExistingData
Error String : SQL Server Setup cannot write system databases to c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Template Data\, because it contains files from a previous installation. To continue, move the databases from the specified folder, or specify a different installation folder. Then run SQL Server Setup again.
Error Number : 28111
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SQL Server Setup failed. For more information, review the Setup log file in %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Summary.txt.
Time : Sun Aug 27 08:19:34 2006
List of log files:
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_Core(Local).log
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_SQLSupport_1.log
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_SQLNCLI_1.log
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_SqlWriter_1.log
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_MSXML6_1.log
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_SQL.log
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_Datastore.xml
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_.NET Framework 2.0.log
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_Support.log
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_Core.log
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Summary.txt
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_SCC.log
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0011_HOME-D84394AF4F_WI.log
Thanks in advance.
By the way I'm a total newbie to programming so can you keep to the lay mans terms, please.
Hugh Fraser
