I cant find anything that relates to the issue I am experiencing, and I am hoping I am not alone on this.Scenario:I have cloned a production database, but only the C:\ drive where the binaries exist. ie no user databases and no system databases.So now I want to rebuild master, and once successful, I will restore the master database from backup. I have changed the parameters in the sql server configuration services to point to the C:\ drive, as I would hope that it would create them there.from command prompt, as administrator, I execute this:Setup /QUIET /ACTION=REBUILDDATABASE /INSTANCENAME=MSSQLSERVER /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS=accountname /SAPWD= password123 /SQLCOLLATION=Latin1_General_CI_ASit fails with the following excerpt :Attempting to set directory full pathAttempting to normalize directory path E:\DataAttempting to check if directory E:\Data existsSQLEngine: : Checking Engine checkpoint 'CreateDataDir'SQLEngine: : Create E:\Data DirectoryAttempting to set directory full pathAttempting to normalize directory path E:\DataAttempting to check if directory E:\Data existsAttempting to create directory E:\DataAttempting to create directory E:\Data, security descriptor Attempting to set directory full pathAttempting to normalize directory path E:\DataDirectory 'E:\Data' already exists, skipping creation, moving to set security descriptor.Configuration action failed for feature SQL_Engine_Core_Inst during timing ConfigNonRC and scenario ConfigNonRC.The device is not ready.Configuration action failed for feature SQL_Engine_Core_Inst during timing ConfigNonRC and scenario ConfigNonRC.Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.ScoException: The device is not ready. ---> System.IO.IOException: The device is not ready. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectory(String fullPath, String path, Object dirSecurityObj, Boolean checkHost) at System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectoryHelper(String path, Boolean checkHost) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.SqlDirectory.Create(ServiceContainer ctx, String directoryFullPath, String sddlString, Boolean overwriteSecurityDescriptor) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.SqlDirectory.Create(ServiceContainer ctx, String directoryFullPath, String sddlString, Boolean overwriteSecurityDescriptor) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.SqlDirectory.Create(ServiceContainer ctx, String directoryFullPath) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlEngine.SqlEngineSetupPrivate.CreateAndProvisionDataDirectories(EffectiveProperties properties, IEnumerable`1 dataDirs, Boolean breakInheritance) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlEngine.SqlEngineSetupPrivate.RebuildDatabase_ConfigNonRC(EffectiveProperties properties) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlEngine.SqlEngineSetupPrivate.RebuildDatabase(ConfigActionTiming timing, Dictionary`2 actionData, PublicConfigurationBase spcb) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlConfigBase.PrivateConfigurationBase.Execute(ConfigActionScenario scenario, ConfigActionTiming timing, Dictionary`2 actionData, PublicConfigurationBase spcbCurrent) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlConfigBase.SqlFeatureConfigBase.Execute(ConfigActionScenario scenario, ConfigActionTiming timing, Dictionary`2 actionData, PublicConfigurationBase spcbCurrent) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlConfigBase.SlpConfigAction.ExecuteAction(String actionId) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlConfigBase.SlpConfigAction.Execute(String actionId, TextWriter errorStream)Exception: Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.ScoException.Source: Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.Message: The device is not ready..Inner exception: Exception: System.IO.IOException. Source: mscorlib. Message: The device is not ready.Watson Bucket 1Now, my question, is where on earth is it picking up the E:\Data from? Why is it looking for that particular drive? It is worth noting, that on the production server, the Database Default location is E:\Data, however, I would have thought when rebuilding, it scraps all that, and starts again.If anyone has seen this before, any ideas would be appreciated
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