Re: Should I reinstall over current installation?

Il 04/02/2020 00:16, Chris Charley ha scritto:

I tried items you suggested (1-5), but could find no helpful info.

Thanks for your help and going the extra mile!

Hope I'm in time to try to save you from reinstall :-)

How to check if PostgreSQL is running
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- Run Services.msc
- In the console you should have an entry with your postgres version (I have 9.1 and 9.5 on this host)
- Check it's automatically started and running (It's in Italian, "In esecuzione" means "running" and "Automatico", well.... :-)))))).
- If it's not, try to start it (right click on the service and select start)
- If you get an error, check the error message




How to check the error message
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You have 2 choices

1 - Postgres Logs)
of all, you should check PostgreSQL logs under <Postgres install folder>\data\pg_log. Here you should find some files showing you most of the errors you would find in Event Viewer.
Check error messages and, if still needed, post them

2 - Windows Event Log)

- Enter Event Viewer
- Sort Events by date descending
- First entries should reveal why your postgres server is not running
(I captured the first error I got on this host just for example)
- On the lower pane, check what's the error message (in my case, "FATAL: The database system is starting up").


If you need further help, post the error message and we'll try to help you.


Hope this help
Moreno.-