Error installing SQL Server 2008 - all componets installed successfully except database engine Below is the error I copied, please someone help me, I have tried at least 10 times in the last 3 days. It is SQL Server 2008 R2 and I wanted to install it on Windows 7.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Setup
The following error has occurred:
Wait on the Database Engine recovery handle failed. Check the SQL Server error log for potential causes.
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&amp;ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&amp;EvtSrc=setup.rll&amp;EvtID=50000&amp;ProdVer=10.0.1600.22&amp;EvtType=0xE53883A0%25400xBE03358B%25401306%254024
Make sure the account doing the installation is a member of the following groups in local security policy:


Adjust Memory quotas for a process
Bypass Traverse checking
Log on as a batch job
Log on as a service
Replace a process level token
Backup files and directories
Debug programs
Manage auditing and security log


Additional Items to check:
Make sure the account doing the install is a local admin on the server, make sure you are not installing to a compressed drive or folder, make sure you are installing the right version, IE 32 or 64 bit based on your OS