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Not sure if it was this, or me changing the account the Server uses to start the Database engine, but just re-installed and it went flawlessly.
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Not sure if it was this, or me changing the account the Server uses to start the Database engine, but just re-installed and it went flawlessly.

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Tried to install SQL Server 2014 Express on a client's new server this past weekend and got this error at the very end of the install process <b>wait on the database engine recovery handle failed </b>.<br />
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So I restarted, uninstalled it, restarted again, installed it again and got the same error. &nbsp;Not quite sure what the issue is.
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Tried to install SQL Server 2014 Express on a client's new server this past weekend and got this error at the very end of the install process wait on the database engine recovery handle failed .

So I restarted, uninstalled it, restarted again, installed it again and got the same error.  Not quite sure what the issue is.

SQL Server 2014 Express installation issue

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