installing SQL Server 2008 Silently

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SQL Server 2008 R2 installation Error code 0x84B40002.
When I try to install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on a Windows 7, the installation fails. When I try to reinstall SQL Server 2008 on the same system, this installation also fails.

I referred an article no. 955404 in support.microsoft.com.

After following all the mentioned steps, i.e., is up to the step "setup.exe /ACTION=uninstall /FEATURES= /INSTANCENAME=", I received a new error. The error is as follows:

TITLE: SQL Server Setup failure.
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SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error:

The specified value for setting 'WORKFLOW' is invalid. The expected values are:

None
RemovePatch
Uninstall
Install
Upgrade
Patch
Repair
LandingPage
ClusterReport
RunRules
PrepareFailoverCluster
CompleteFailoverCluster
InstallFailoverCluster
RemoveNode
AddNode
EditionUpgrade
Bootstrap
ComponentUpdate
Help
RebuildDatabase
RunDiscovery
PrepareImage
CompleteImage

Error code 0x84B40002.

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BUTTONS:

OK
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It would be great if you could help me out with this error.

Posted 24-Aug-12 5:46am

Yasser El Shazly

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[no name] 24-Aug-12 11:54am

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144259(SQL.100).aspx, ACTION=Install

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Wendelius · Answer 1 · 2012-08-24T10:11:00

One possibility is that there is some installations existing in the system that prevent a clean install/re-install, such as beta versions etc.

Try uninstalling the existing SQL Server manually from that system and after that run the silent install.

You can follow for example these instructions http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967[^] which basically also apply to your version.