Please help with installation for SQL Server 2012

Question

I am trying to install SQL Server 2012 but I am getting the following errors. I tried following what others said but with no success.

Someone please help me.

Answer 1

Ok so it looks to me as though you have NTFS compression switched on your C drive -the installer does not like this.

For the root directory that the installer complains about (for instance in the screen shot one is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server) you should ensure that you turn off compression. Simply right click the directory in question and clear the compression checkbox.

See also "SQL Server databases are not supported on compressed volumes"

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