Re: Installing PostgreSQL fails

Hello Peter,

thanks for your hints ! Your information gave me the resolution.
pg_clt start gave me the information about a corrupted postmaster.pid (filesize was 1k, but empty).
So i installed 8.2.1 and copied the folder data backup without postmaster.pid.
And what a suprise, all works perfectly and my databases are back.

Thanks for your assistance,
Josef Springer

On 07.03.2015 17:38, Jan-Peter Seifert wrote:

Am 07.03.2015 um 11:22 schrieb Josef Springer:

yes, i used the same win-user for installation and the same user
(default postgres) an password for the server-service.

  * Server works after reinstallation.
  * I terminate server-service
  * I restore backup of folder data
  * I start server-service
  * Starting of server-service is abandomed with errormessage "Fehler
    1053 Der Dienst antwortet nicht auf die Start oder Steueranweisung"

Any ideas ?

Hello Josef,

try to start it from command line (as user postgres!):
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/app-pg-ctl.html

As soon as you can start up the server successfully stop it again (in another command line window or by adding ' &' (no quotes) at the end of the command).

Then you can add a new service by using the pg_ctl option register.

You can remove the old one by using 'sc delete':
https://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/library/cc742045(v=ws.10).aspx

Good luck,

Peter