Is there a log showing why a Windows server did not restart SQL Server after a reboot?

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Published on 2014-05-31T07:45:56Z Indexed on 2014/05/31 9:33 UTC
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Our server was rebooted after a Windows Update scheduled for 1am, but after the restart SQL Server did not start up, so our websites were unable to display. Usually this process happens with no manual intervention.

Is there a log somewhere which might indicate the reason why the Windows startup process did not call SQL Server to get going again?

I've looked in the Event Viewer (Application Log) and SQL's own file E:\MSSQL\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Log\ERRORLOG* but these only contain records of successful startup operations....nothing mentions a failed attempt to start a service or anything like that.

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