CAN'T FULLY UNINSTALL SQL SERVER 2005 STANDARD  
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CrapJac





PostPosted: Mon May 01 17:11:04 CDT 2006 Top

SQL Server Developer >> CAN'T FULLY UNINSTALL SQL SERVER 2005 STANDARD

We have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 machine with two hard drives. I
installed MS SQL Server 2005 without paying attantion to where it
installed to. The c: drive is very small while d: is large. SQL
installed on c:. Apparentely, log files were growing and filled up all
the space on c:. I couldn't access SQL Server and decided uninstall it.
I went ahead and uninstall all components via add/remove programs.
After that I noticed all sql folders on c: are present, all services
are running and I was able to open Management Studio. At the same time
no SQL products are listed in add/remove. I need to fully uninstall it.
I tried command prompt pointing to the setup.exe file (where I copied
disks since it is a remote server) and failed.

Please, help!!!
Stan

SQL Server166  
 
 
Jeff





PostPosted: Mon May 01 17:11:04 CDT 2006 Top

SQL Server Developer >> CAN'T FULLY UNINSTALL SQL SERVER 2005 STANDARD You did a reboot, right?



> We have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 machine with two hard drives. I
> installed MS SQL Server 2005 without paying attantion to where it
> installed to. The c: drive is very small while d: is large. SQL
> installed on c:. Apparentely, log files were growing and filled up all
> the space on c:. I couldn't access SQL Server and decided uninstall it.
> I went ahead and uninstall all components via add/remove programs.
> After that I noticed all sql folders on c: are present, all services
> are running and I was able to open Management Studio. At the same time
> no SQL products are listed in add/remove. I need to fully uninstall it.
> I tried command prompt pointing to the setup.exe file (where I copied
> disks since it is a remote server) and failed.
>
> Please, help!!!
> Stan
>


 
 
suslikovich





PostPosted: Tue May 02 08:22:58 CDT 2006 Top

SQL Server Developer >> CAN'T FULLY UNINSTALL SQL SERVER 2005 STANDARD Yes, I did a reboot after I uninstalled all sql products.

Stan