Re: Postgres 9.2.4 for Windows (Vista) Dell Vostro 400, re-installation failure PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP!! - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alban Hertroys
Subject Re: Postgres 9.2.4 for Windows (Vista) Dell Vostro 400, re-installation failure PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP!!
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In response to Re: Postgres 9.2.4 for Windows (Vista) Dell Vostro 400, re-installation failure PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP!!  ("Stephen Brearley" <mail@stephenbrearley.name>)
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On Jul 31, 2013, at 12:07, "Stephen Brearley" <mail@stephenbrearley.name> wrote:

> Both the install and uninstall should work flawlessly. The only thing I can
> see is that I have installed the program once before, and I have put my data
> on my d: drive to separate it from the program in case of software problems,
> but I got Postgresql to correctly find my data before..


If Postgres is having any issues starting up, details should be in the log file. I don't know where that file gets
writtenon a Windows system though, perhaps it ends up in the Windows Event log? 

What procedure did you follow to move your data to the D-drive? That seems a likely cause of trouble, especially if the
databasewas running while you did that - you may be looking at an unrecoverable database snapshot if you didn't take
precautions,in which case the database would refuse to start up. 

Alban Hertroys
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cut the trees and you'll find there is no forest.



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