How to fix corrupt SQL 2008 installs
This works for any version From SQL 2000 to SQL 2008.
Most of the times the issue is with the registries or some files left and we are not able to proceed with the install. So we need to have a total uninstall for the corrupted SQL server, for this we can use the tool .
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 - Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
Install the tool and search for SQL components which need to be removed, i.e remove all the SQL 2008 components listed by the tool.
Once we have removed all the components via the tool, restart the machine and then run the setup, it should work like a charm :)
You can even use Procmon.exe with a filter on setup100.exe (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx) to see what was going on when SQL was being installed, just to see if its failing to put an entry in a registry or a file change failure.
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