I installed Visual Studio 2010, which also installed SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS).
I was told that it automatically created a default SQL database/instance.
I am trying to connect to that default instance but the connection failed.
May be the problem has to do with the SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) service not started.
So I try to start the service but get error:
"Event Type: Error Event Source: MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS Event Category: Server Event ID: 17058 Description: initerrlog: Could not open error log file ''. Operating system error = 3(The system cannot find the path specified.)."
Based on http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sqldisasterrecovery/thread/383bc31d-5d87-4e07-b2fb-acbfbe5776a1 I check the path and see the following:
-dc:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.SQLEXPRESS\M ...
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