Hello,
After a hardware problem i installed a new disk drive with 1 To. My previous hard drive had 750 Go.
After installing the OS (Windows 8 pro) i tried to install SQL Server 2012 Express but i got this error :
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The following error may be encountered within the SQL 2012 Installer:
“Could not find the Database Engine startup handle.”
“Cannot use file ‘<volume & path>\mastlog.ldf' because it was originally formatted with sector size 4096 and is now on a volume with sector
size 3072. Move the file to a volume with a sector size that is the same as or smaller than the original sector size.
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To resolve this problem i continued my installation but i chosen to put SQL Server Data Files (MSSQL\DATA) on an extern Disk drive (Toshiba), also 1 To, (connect on my PC by USB cable). Now all are OK BUT i Must always use this external disk.
Can anybody help me how to avoid this mastlog.ldf? The only solution i had is to format my hard drive with sector size 4096. I can't because of firmware problem.
Thank's in advance