"How can I install SQL Server Express Edition? I am getting an error with the decimal code 2061893606."

Lokesh Kumar Sundarasetty 0 Reputation points
2025-07-11T13:56:04.8766667+00:00

This is the error message its is getting when i am trying to install.

I tried to screenshot the error but not working in my case.😁

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Unable to install SQL Server (Setup.exe)

Exit code (Decimal) : 2061893606

Error Description: Wait on the database Engine recovery handle failed. Check the SQL server error log for potential causes

SQL SERVER INSTALL SERVER LOG FOLDER

Please help me out , thanks in advance

SQL Server Database Engine
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  1. Erland Sommarskog 122K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-07-11T15:22:26.5933333+00:00

    The message Wait on the Database Engine recovery handle failed is a generic error that means that SQL Server did not start when Setup wanted to run configuration steps. To understand why it did not start, you need to look in the SQL Server errorlog, which you find in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\LOG\ERRORLOG. (Assuming that you are trying to install SQL 2022.)

    If you see a message about 256 misaligned reads, you are running into a known issue where Windows 11 for some disk drives reports a sector size that SQL Server does not cope with. Microsoft has published an article with workarounds for the problem.

    If you don't see the message about misaligned reads, feel free to upload the errorlog here, so we can look at it. You will need to rename to ERRORLOG.txt for the forum software to accept it.

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