最近要在XP SP2上安装sql server 2005.结果拿了一个develop版的去安装，总是在最后报错，说sql sever service无法启动。安装后在程序里也找不到 Sql Sever Management Studio。在网上搜了一大堆信息，也不知道到底是怎么回事。后来在公司的机子上打开Sql Server 2005 Books Online一搜，结果出来了。所以在这和一些和我一样是Sql server2005菜鸟的朋友们分享下安装sql server2005 对系统的要求。
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Operating System Requirements (32-Bit)
This table shows the operating systems that run the server software for each 32-bit version of SQL Server 2005.
Enterprise Edition1
Developer Edition
Standard Edition
Workgroup Edition
Express Edition
Evaluation Edition
Windows 2000
No
No
No
No
No
No
Windows 2000 Professional Edition SP42, 4
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 2000 Server SP42
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP42
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 2000 Datacenter Edition SP42
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows XP Embedded
No
No
No
No
No
No
Windows XP Home Edition SP2
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Windows XP Professional Edition SP24
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows XP Media Edition SP2
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows XP Tablet Edition SP2
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 2003 Server SP1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 2003 Datacenter Edition SP1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 2003 Web Edition SP1
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition SP1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 2003 64-Bit Itanium Datacenter Edition SP1
No
No
No
No
No
No
Windows 2003 64-Bit Itanium Enterprise Edition SP1
No
No
No
No
No
No
Windows 2003 64-Bit X64 Standard Edition SP1
WOW643
WOW643
WOW643
WOW643
WOW643
WOW643
Windows 2003 64-Bit X64 Datacenter Edition SP1
WOW643
WOW643
WOW643
WOW643
WOW643
WOW643
Windows 2003 64-Bit X64 Enterprise Edition SP1
WOW643
WOW643
WOW643
WOW643
WOW643
WOW643
1 SQL Server 2005 Evaluation Edition supports the same feature set as SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition, but SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition is not supported on all of the operating systems that support Evaluation Edition.
2 You can download Windows 2000 SP4 from this Microsoft Web site .
3 These editions of SQL Server 2005 can be installed to the Windows on Windows (WOW64) 32-bit subsystem of a 64-bit server.
