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yadhu_cse
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Posted - 2010-12-21 : 01:23:15
Hi,
How unistall sql serer2008r2. i am trying from add or remove feature but not unistalling

tkizer
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Posted - 2010-12-21 : 01:23:44
Is there an error? Please elaborate.

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yadhu_cse
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

252 Posts

Posted - 2010-12-21 : 01:30:46
No error .only the messeage.
please wait while sql server 2008r2 setup process current opeartion.
it just hangs there no further
wizard
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

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Posted - 2010-12-21 : 01:34:20
Try rebooting then.

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yadhu_cse
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

252 Posts

Posted - 2010-12-21 : 01:34:54
tryied but no use
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

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Posted - 2010-12-21 : 01:38:05
How long did you wait? Give it a good long wait, I've seen it hung up for about an hour before.

You may need to manually uninstall SQL Server. Google it for instructions.

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yadhu_cse
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

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Posted - 2010-12-21 : 04:24:41
i am not able to uninstall
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

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Posted - 2010-12-21 : 10:46:57
Yeah we knew that already from your original post. What about my last post?

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yadhu_cse
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

252 Posts

Posted - 2010-12-22 : 02:34:44
ya some how i romvoed all the instances one by one but those instances are also showing while connecting to sql server
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yadhu_cse
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

252 Posts

Posted - 2010-12-22 : 02:50:30
is it possible to remove all the istances of sql server 2008 r2
at one shot
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

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Posted - 2010-12-22 : 10:45:23
No, you have to do them one at a time.

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yadhu_cse
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

252 Posts

Posted - 2010-12-23 : 04:11:33
even if do one at a time its not unistalling properly. can u people suggest i want to remove evrthing as there no sql server component so that i can do fresh installation
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tkizer
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Posted - 2010-12-23 : 15:01:31
So did you search Google for how to manually remove SQL Server?

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yadhu_cse
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

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Posted - 2010-12-24 : 00:35:23
Ya i searched its one by one only
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tkizer
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Posted - 2010-12-24 : 00:44:56
Yes that's correct. You have a lot of work ahead of you.

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yadhu_cse
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

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Posted - 2010-12-24 : 04:23:10
even if i uninstall its showing instances while connecting to sql server
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