Windows could not start the SQL Server (mssqlserver) service on local computer error 17058 I'm working with virtual machine on the windows 8. There is a SQL Server 2008 on the virtual machine. And in the services; when I try to start the SQL Server service getting an error like this:



Can anyone help me?

Thanks.

Edit:

The OS of virtual machine is windows server 2008.
CHeck for another error in the event log that is time-correlated to this one. Basically - this one is from the service manager. The SQL Server service should have written another error (either into th event log or the errorlog) that contains the internal error that happened. THis error is generic from the serivce manager and as such totally irrelevant to debugging. It also is well known - google for "Sql server 17058" finds tons of references.

It seems to be a permission error:

http://www.it-sideways.com/2012/11/mssql-startup-error-code-17058.html

points to 

"Could not open error log file ''. Operating system error = 3 (The system cannot find the path specified.)."

which would be an operating system level configuration or insallation issue.