I'm installing SQL Server 2008 R2 using a DVD that says 32/64onto a Windows Server 2008 R2 server. I want to install the 64-bit version of SQL Server 2008 R2. I am installing SQL Server with the failover cluster feature enabled and configured. However, when I run the SQL Server 2008 R2 setup file I get the following error.
The version of this file is not
compatible with the version of Windows
you're running. Check your computer's
system information to see whether you
need an x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit)
version of the program, and then
contact the software publisher.
When I look at the Event Viewer I see the following error:
The program or feature
"\??\D:\setup.exe" cannot start or run
due to incompatibity with 64-bit
versions of Windows. Please contact
the software vendor to ask if a 64-bit
Windows compatible version is
available.
The SQL Server 2008 R2 installer is 32/64 bit and of course Windows Server 2008 R2 is 64 bits. What could be preventing the installation from proceeding?
Best Answer
I managed to Work this around.
I found this pre req on installing SQL on Cluster.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189910.aspx
under: Other Software Considerations
There's this pre reqs:
I Located that file On:
That installed the setup on the machine. Then I ran the setup from the All Programs Menu and after that pointed the disk when asked.
I Noticed that after installing SQL the Setup begins to work normally. This must have happened by some weird pre-req, that the setup must have installed for me.