Hi Experts,
I have a issue here. I had SQL Server 2008 R2 installed in a Windows server 2012 machine. It failed to install several times and i clearly uninstalled it from Add and remove programs.
Now i installed SQL Server 2008 in that same machine and it was successful. I wanted to try upgrading it to SQL 2008 R2. Seems that when i run the setup to upgrade it to SQL Server 2008 R2, The old failed instance of SQL Server 2008 R2 still remains and the up gradation from SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2008 R2 is not happening.
Can any one guide me in how to completely remove the failed SQL Server 2008 R2 instance so i can upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 ?
The Instance MSSQLSERVER1 is the old failed SQL 2008 R2 instance and the MSSQLSERVER is the working SQL 2008 SP3 installation.
Gautam.75801