Hi All,
Can anyone shed some light on this? I've been searching answer on the web but with no luck. basically i got the following error in the sql error log while i was trying to intall SQL Server 2008 R2 Express.
2012-01-03 11:58:26.26 spid7s Starting up database 'master'.
2012-01-03 11:58:26.28 spid7s Error: 5178, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2012-01-03 11:58:26.28 spid7s Cannot use file 'c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.QSRNVIVO9\MSSQL\Template Data\master.mdf' 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.
2012-01-03 11:58:26.28 spid7s Error: 5178, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2012-01-03 11:58:26.28 spid7s Cannot use file 'c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.QSRNVIVO9\MSSQL\Template Data\master.mdf' 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.
2012-01-03 11:58:26.30 spid7s Error: 5178, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2012-01-03 11:58:26.30 spid7s Cannot use file 'c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.QSRNVIVO9\MSSQL\Template Data\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.
2012-01-03 11:58:26.30 spid7s Error: 5178, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2012-01-03 11:58:26.30 spid7s Cannot use file 'c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.QSRNVIVO9\MSSQL\Template Data\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.
Below is some details about the machine.
Machine processor count: 2
OS version: Windows Vista Home Premium
OS service pack: Service Pack 2
OS region: United States
OS language: German
OS architecture: x86
Process architecture: 32 Bit
OS clustered: No
C drive has 200GB+ free space and is formatted with 'Allocation unit size' = 4096 bytes
Also, chkdsk initially found a file system problem but it had been fixed by running the 'chkdsk /F' command.
Thanks,
Kevin