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Q180649 helped, seems like I have a &quot;very fast drive&quot;
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Q180649 helped, seems like I have a "very fast drive"

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During installation of SQL Server 6.5, after some time the setup hangs.<br />
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The big blue window has the sand RUNNING, a DOS window is open, completely empty, its title is &quot;C:\MSSQL\BINN\ISQL.EXE&quot;.<br />
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Task manager shows 0% processor duty over half an hour.<br />
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System: NT Server 4.0 SP5 german, dual-processor machine (Intel P II), SQL server is also german.
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During installation of SQL Server 6.5, after some time the setup hangs.

The big blue window has the sand RUNNING, a DOS window is open, completely empty, its title is "C:\MSSQL\BINN\ISQL.EXE".

Task manager shows 0% processor duty over half an hour.

System: NT Server 4.0 SP5 german, dual-processor machine (Intel P II), SQL server is also german.

SQL Server 6.5 Setup hangs

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.