Can't get SQL Server to start or connect to my local database engine through SSMS
问题 SQL Server has been working fine but since Friday I have not been able to connect to the database engine in SSMS. This coincided with my having to power the laptop off during a Windows update because it appeared to be hanging (I don't know if these two are related). Since then I have: Gone back to a restore point before the failed update Removed SQL Server 2008 from my machine Installed SQL Server 2012 onto my machine. This failed during the load Removed everything that was labelled SQL