SQL Server 2012 Installation Hangs

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Published on 2012-12-05T15:43:28Z Indexed on 2012/12/05 17:06 UTC
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We have a Windows 8 machine that we installed SQL Server 2005 on first.

We then uninstalled it and installed SQL Server 2012 - unsuccessfully. The installation wizard hung at the point where it says:

SqlEngineDBStartConfigAction_install_configrc_Cpu64

The event log showed the following error:

The SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER) service terminated with the following service-specific error: 
WARNING: You have until SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER) to logoff. If you have not logged off at this time, 
your session will be disconnected, and any open files or devices you have open may lose data.

We got the same error while trying to start the service.

We tried uninstalling and re-installing but faced the same issue.

Any help would be appreciated.

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