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licalice
Copper Contributor
Jan 08, 2025

SQL Server

Hi everyone, so its my first time downloading SSMS and SQL Server. I have download the SSMS, but when I tried download SQL Server it always error. I have tried to re-install, deleted all SQL Server r...
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petevern
Brass Contributor
Jan 12, 2025

Possible causes:

  • Run the setup.exe as administrator in case you haven't done this.
  • Corrupted Installation file so redownload and/or do a checksum.

Check this log to see if you can find more information, which is mentioned in the summary.txt file?
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\160\Setup\Bootstrap\Log\20250108_213759\sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu64_1.log

Also have a look at this, known issue with installing SQL on Windows 11: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/database-engine/database-file-operations/troubleshoot-os-4kb-disk-sector-size?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5440#resolutions%22https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/database-engine/database-file-operations/troubleshoot-os-4kb-disk-sector-size?wt.mc_id=dp-mvp-5440#resolutions%22

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