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 UNABLE TO START MS SQL SERVER 6.5

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vijaynd2003
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Posted - 2003-12-07 : 08:03:08
Hi,

I have done a big mistake. My SQL SERVER 6.5 was runing smoothly. Without having detailed idea, I just fingured the SERVER CONFIGURATION & changed the memory value to 64MB & tempdb in RAM value to 3 MB. After restarting my server, I m not able to start the MSSQLserver service. When I try to start it manually it gives an error 'Error 2140: An internal Windows NT error occurred'.

I even tried to start the server by 'sqlservr -c -f' command & then change the memory & tempdb values from ISQL_W utility (login as 'sa') with following commands (found it on support/microsoft page : 173090 - INF) :

sp_configure memory, 8192
sp_configure tempdb, 0

on executing the above commands I get error message as :

Msg 615, Level 21, State 1
Unable to find database table id = 2, name = 'tempdb'
The SQL Server is terminating this process.

What should I do next ? I m in a desparate need of your help. Plssssss. help me.

Thanks in advance.

Vijay

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2003-12-08 : 12:22:41
Sounds like tempdb is now messed up. Do you have full backups of your databases? If so, I would start rebuilding SQL Server by uninstalling it, then reinstalling, then restoring your backups.

Tara
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