title: Wait on the Database Engine recovery handle failed!! SQL Server 2012 installation
body: <p>Can someone please guide me on how to overcome the following error. I am trying to install SQL Server 2012 Express on my win7 32bit system. I had SQL Server 2008 R2 32 bit installed in this system, which was removed by the previous user (this is an official system (laptop) I am using).</p>
  
  <p>Here is the log file generated after unsuccessful installation:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Overall summary:
    Final result:                  Failed: see details below
    Exit code (Decimal):           -2061893607
    Start time:                    2013-07-12 15:43:20
    End time:                      2013-07-12 15:55:46
    Requested action:              Install
  
  Setup completed with required actions for features.
  Troubleshooting information for those features:
    Next step for SQLEngine:       Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
  
  
  Machine Properties:
    Machine name:                  FSLTECYOUBRAJ
    Machine processor count:       4
    OS version:                    Windows 7
    OS service pack:               Service Pack 1
    OS region:                     United States
    OS language:                   English (United States)
    OS architecture:               x86
    Process architecture:          32 Bit
    OS clustered:                  No
  
  Product features discovered:
    Product              Instance             Instance ID                    Feature                                  Language             Edition              Version         Clustered 
  
  Package properties:
    Description:                   Microsoft SQL Server 2012 
    ProductName:                   SQL Server 2012
    Type:                          RTM
    Version:                       11
    SPLevel:                       0
    Installation location:         D:\New folder\MSI's\Excel\SQLEXPRWT_x86_ENU\x86\setup\
    Installation edition:          Express
  
  Product Update Status:
    User selected not to include product updates.
  
  User Input Settings:
    ACTION:                        Install
    ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN:      true
    AGTSVCACCOUNT:                 NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
    AGTSVCPASSWORD:                *****
    AGTSVCSTARTUPTYPE:             Disabled
    ASBACKUPDIR:                   Backup
    ASCOLLATION:                   Latin1_General_CI_AS
    ASCONFIGDIR:                   Config
    ASDATADIR:                     Data
    ASLOGDIR:                      Log
    ASPROVIDERMSOLAP:              1
    ASSERVERMODE:                  MULTIDIMENSIONAL
    ASSVCACCOUNT:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    ASSVCPASSWORD:                 &lt;empty&gt;
    ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic
    ASSYSADMINACCOUNTS:            &lt;empty&gt;
    ASTEMPDIR:                     Temp
    BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE:         Disabled
    CLTCTLRNAME:                   &lt;empty&gt;
    CLTRESULTDIR:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    CLTSTARTUPTYPE:                0
    CLTSVCACCOUNT:                 &lt;empty&gt;
    CLTSVCPASSWORD:                &lt;empty&gt;
    CLTWORKINGDIR:                 &lt;empty&gt;
    COMMFABRICENCRYPTION:          0
    COMMFABRICNETWORKLEVEL:        0
    COMMFABRICPORT:                0
    CONFIGURATIONFILE:             
    CTLRSTARTUPTYPE:               0
    CTLRSVCACCOUNT:                &lt;empty&gt;
    CTLRSVCPASSWORD:               &lt;empty&gt;
    CTLRUSERS:                     &lt;empty&gt;
    ENABLERANU:                    true
    ENU:                           true
    ERRORREPORTING:                true
    FEATURES:                      SQLENGINE
    FILESTREAMLEVEL:               0
    FILESTREAMSHARENAME:           &lt;empty&gt;
    FTSVCACCOUNT:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    FTSVCPASSWORD:                 &lt;empty&gt;
    HELP:                          false
    INDICATEPROGRESS:              false
    INSTALLSHAREDDIR:              C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
    INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR:           &lt;empty&gt;
    INSTALLSQLDATADIR:             &lt;empty&gt;
    INSTANCEDIR:                   C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
    INSTANCEID:                    SQLEXPRESS2012
    INSTANCENAME:                  SQLEXPRESS2012
    ISSVCACCOUNT:                  NT AUTHORITY\Network Service
    ISSVCPASSWORD:                 &lt;empty&gt;
    ISSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic
    MATRIXCMBRICKCOMMPORT:         0
    MATRIXCMSERVERNAME:            &lt;empty&gt;
    MATRIXNAME:                    &lt;empty&gt;
    NPENABLED:                     0
    PID:                           *****
    QUIET:                         false
    QUIETSIMPLE:                   false
    ROLE:                          AllFeatures_WithDefaults
    RSINSTALLMODE:                 DefaultNativeMode
    RSSHPINSTALLMODE:              DefaultSharePointMode
    RSSVCACCOUNT:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    RSSVCPASSWORD:                 &lt;empty&gt;
    RSSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic
    SAPWD:                         *****
    SECURITYMODE:                  SQL
    SQLBACKUPDIR:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    SQLCOLLATION:                  SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
    SQLSVCACCOUNT:                 NT Service\MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS2012
    SQLSVCPASSWORD:                &lt;empty&gt;
    SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE:             Automatic
    SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS:           CADOMAIN\youbarajs
    SQLTEMPDBDIR:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    SQLTEMPDBLOGDIR:               &lt;empty&gt;
    SQLUSERDBDIR:                  &lt;empty&gt;
    SQLUSERDBLOGDIR:               &lt;empty&gt;
    SQMREPORTING:                  false
    TCPENABLED:                    0
    UIMODE:                        AutoAdvance
    UpdateEnabled:                 false
    UpdateSource:                  MU
    X86:                           false
  
    Configuration file:            C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20130712_154108\ConfigurationFile.ini
  
  Detailed results:
    Feature:                       Database Engine Services
    Status:                        Failed: see logs for details
    Reason for failure:            An error occurred during the setup process of the feature.
    Next Step:                     Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
    Component name:                SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
    Component error code:          0x851A0019
    Error description:             Wait on the Database Engine recovery handle failed. Check the SQL Server error log for potential causes.
    Error help link:               http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&amp;ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&amp;EvtSrc=setup.rll&amp;EvtID=50000&amp;ProdVer=11.0.2100.60&amp;EvtType=0xE53883A0%400xBE03358B%401306%4025&amp;EvtType=0xE53883A0%400xBE03358B%401306%4025
  
    Feature:                       SQL Browser
    Status:                        Passed
  
    Feature:                       SQL Writer
    Status:                        Passed
  
    Feature:                       SQL Client Connectivity
    Status:                        Passed
  
    Feature:                       SQL Client Connectivity SDK
    Status:                        Passed
  
  Rules with failures:
  
  Global rules:
  
  Scenario specific rules:
  
  Rules report file:               C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20130712_154108\SystemConfigurationCheck_Report.htm
  </code></pre>