I've tried this a few times. Uninstalling between tries. Rebooting too. Logged on as an admin on the machine and run the installation file as administrator.
64 bit Windows Essentials 2012. Installing 64 bit SQL Server Express 2012.
This error is in one of the log files. There is no "E" drive. I'm installing SQL on the C drive in the default directory.
FCB::Open failed: Could not open file e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\MSDBData.mdf for file number 1. OS error: 21(The device is not ready.).
I've installed various editions and versions of SQL Server on many client machines over the last dozen years. Never on Windows Server Essentials though. I've never run into something like this before. I'm really not sure what to look for here.
I'm not sure that's the right log file though. There doesn't appear to be an event viewer in Windows Essentials. I'm not sure where to find the right log to tell me exactly what's going on. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Keith
Each time it gets here and crashes: