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agfreesafety
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 Posted - 2011-01-27 : 20:59:39
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| I downloaded and extracted the x86 install files for the Eval version of SQL 2008 (from here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/trial-software.aspx)I downloaded the 1GB executable and extracted it, now there's a ton of files, and I don't know which one is the one to use to start the install. Can anyone please help? Thanks |
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russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak
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Posted - 2011-01-27 : 21:37:23
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| is there not a setup.exe? |
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agfreesafety
Starting Member
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Posted - 2011-01-28 : 09:41:10
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| I did a search for "setup.exe" in the x86 folder that was there after I extracted the contents of the SQLFULL_X86_ENU file, and the only file I found was a dotnetfx35setup.exe, which is for .Net 3.5. I'm confused. I then search for *.exe on the same folder, and many things came up, but no setup.exe. I found a "setup100.exe", which brings up a cmd prompt screen for about 10 seconds, which results in an error msg popping up stating: "SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error: SQL Server 2008 setup100.exe and setuppatch.exe cannot be run in this mode. If you are running setup100.exe, start setup.exe instead...."Problem is, I can't FIND a setup.exe anywhere. |
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agfreesafety
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Posted - 2011-01-28 : 09:44:37
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| Never mind, I found it. I was looking for it in the folder that was created from the extraction, but it was a standalone file, outside of the folder created from the extraction. "Doh!" (-Homer Simpson) Thanks. |
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Which File Is the Installation File?