Can't reinstall Toolset and MicrosoftSQL2005 issues

[TestiesMcGee]

Hello. I have used the Toolset once before. Then one day I was clearing out space and must of deleted it the wrong way or something I shouldn't of.

 

I am getting installation errors mostly concerning Microsoft SQL 2005.

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/rhoWarR.png

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/g2eeWiU.png

 

I get this error first every time I try to reinstall. ^

 

http://i.imgur.com/P1yRGuR.png

 

Then this one.

 

I have tried several ways to go about this. I've uninstalled all Microsoft SQL 2005 programs in Control Panel. I even used the uninstaller for the toolset.

I went on the wiki to try a few solutions. I looked through whatever NexusForum posts I can find. I feel like I'm just going to f*** up my computer even more trying

to get this toolset working. Can anyone please help?

 

 

 

[LadyHonor]

What flavor of Windows are you using? When I installed on Windows 10 it kept giving me problems because of folder permissions.

[TestiesMcGee]

What flavor of Windows are you using? When I installed on Windows 10 it kept giving me problems because of folder permissions.

 

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. I don't want Windows 10 yet.

[YaraC]

Strangely something similiar happened just to me. The toolset worked well 3 weeks ago - now suddenly I got the 'Unable to connect to the database' error (and even worser I have lost my latest backup file as well). Today I took the time to look into the issue.Your second screenshot indicates that your problem could have a similiar cause. So, here is what I have done to restore from an old (sigh) backup file. You may want to restore from the original back up file in the tools\dbbak folder.

 

http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i416/YaraCousland/bw_dragonage_content.jpg

 

As you can recognize in my screenshot - the database had been corrupted (no more tables). 'Detach' and 'Delete' were still available but failed. Before I could delete the remains of the database I had first to delete the referencing .mdf and .ldf files in the Microsoft SQL Server\...\Data folder (not my original folder). After creating a new empty bw_dragonage_content database I could finally restore my backup.

 

I don´t know if you have SQL Server Management Studio (Express) installed. If so, I would recommend to check your installation for conflicts with existing references. I hope this clue supports you in solving your 'Unable to connect to the database' problem. If not, provide more information on your environment as LadyHonor suggested.

(Same environment btw)

Edited December 20, 2016 by YaraC

[TestiesMcGee]

Strangely something similiar happened just to me. The toolset worked well 3 weeks ago - now suddenly I got the 'Unable to connect to the database' error (and even worser I have lost my latest backup file as well). Today I took the time to look into the issue.Your second screenshot indicates that your problem could have a similiar cause. So, here is what I have done to restore from an old (sigh) backup file. You may want to restore from the original back up file in the tools\dbbak folder.

 

http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i416/YaraCousland/bw_dragonage_content.jpg

 

As you can recognize in my screenshot - the database had been corrupted (no more tables). 'Detach' and 'Delete' were still available but failed. Before I could delete the remains of the database I had first to delete the referencing .mdf and .ldf files in the Microsoft SQL Server\...\Data folder (not my original folder). After creating a new empty bw_dragonage_content database I could finally restore my backup.

 

I don´t know if you have SQL Server Management Studio (Express) installed. If so, I would recommend to check your installation for conflicts with existing references. I hope this clue supports you in solving your 'Unable to connect to the database' problem. If not, provide more information on your environment as LadyHonor suggested.

(Same environment btw)

 

I do not have the SQL Server Management Studio installed. I used a different way to get the head morph I wanted. Thank you for your reply though because I'll be getting a new hard drive soon and if I ever have any problems with the toolset; I'll use the information you posted. Thank you very much.