Help! Uninstall

Hi, Sandy
When you uninstall SQL Server (or MSDE), it leaves the database files
and the error logs (usually, in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL\Data" and "...\Log"). If the executable files were removed
(i.e. you don't have anything in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL\Binn" and in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80",
etc), and if you don't need the data files, you can remove the
remaining files manually, before reinstalling SQL Server. If you do not
remove them before reinstalling, I think they would be overwritten,
anyway (without any error message).
RazvanThanks, Razvan!
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Sandy
"Razvan Socol" wrote:

> Hi, Sandy
> When you uninstall SQL Server (or MSDE), it leaves the database files
> and the error logs (usually, in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\MSSQL\Data" and "...\Log"). If the executable files were removed
> (i.e. you don't have anything in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\MSSQL\Binn" and in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80",
> etc), and if you don't need the data files, you can remove the
> remaining files manually, before reinstalling SQL Server. If you do not
> remove them before reinstalling, I think they would be overwritten,
> anyway (without any error message).
> Razvan
>