Microsoft SQL Server is the most popular and robust relational database management system. This application is widely used in organizations to store and manage data. Due to different reasons the user have to face different problems, SQL Server error code 3417 is the common issue faced by the database administrators. Let us have a look at this query asked by the user in the forum site.
“Please help when I tried to start the SQL Server I got an error like this Windows could not start the SQL server on local computer error code 3417. Can anybody know the exact reason behind this problem? Is there have any issues with MDF and the LDF files? If so can anyone help me to provide an instant solution to this problem?”
There are various reasons behind the Windows could not start the SQL server on local computer error code 3417. Some of which are discussed below.
The user can try the below discussed ways to tackle this problem
Method 1: First check if whether the MDF file is compressed
Method 3: Repair Corrupted SQL database with SQL Database Recovery
In case if you have tried above two ways to Windows could not start the SQL Server on the local computer error code 3417 problems, and still, you are facing this problem then there is a corruption occur in the SQL database. So in that case, the user can take the help of SQL Database Recovery. By using this software the user can easily recover the SQL database objects such as SQL tables, stored procedure, triggers, functions, etc. Also, it helps to preview the deleted SQL tables record in color. Also, this software is compatible with SQL Server 2019 and its below version. For complete information, the user can try the demo version of this software.
Note: The user can also read the post How to recover SQL database from MDF/ NDF files.
In this article, We have discussed the reasons for Windows could not start the SQL server on local computer error code 3417. Also, we have discussed the reasons for this problem. The user can try the manual ways to fix this issue. If the problem is still there then the user can use the SQL Recovery tool to recover MDF database file easily.