Wednesday, April 02, 2025

Could not find the Database Engine startup handle. Error code: 0x851A0019

Installing SQL Server 2022 on Azure Virtual machine I have encountered an issue

Action required:
Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.


Feature failure reason:
An error occurred during the setup process of the feature.


Error details:
§ Error installing SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features

Could not find the Database Engine startup handle.
Error code: 0x851A0019



Solution:

Run cmd  prompt on this below command check Drive sectorinfo

C:\Fsutil fsinfo sectorinfo E:


Make sure to have 512 bytes to 4096 bytes allocated for the Drive which master.mdf file is installed