Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YWm6C-0006zW-S8 for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:27:28 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YWm6C-0000jq-6R for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:27:28 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YWm6A-0000jg-4I for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:27:26 +0000 Received: from vs0601-ipv6-5.onit4u.de ([2a01:4f8:130:116b::5] helo=vserver0601.onit4u.de) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YWm61-0005AI-O5 for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:27:24 +0000 X-PDA-ORIGIN: vserver0601.onit4u.de Received: (qmail 24548 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2015 13:27:12 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 24521, pid: 24543, t: 0.5575s scanners: clamav: 0.98.6/m:55/d:20194 Received: from dslb-088-067-009-112.088.067.pools.vodafone-ip.de (HELO ?192.168.2.134?) (Josef.Springer@joops.com@88.67.9.112) by vserver0601.onit4u.de with SMTP; 14 Mar 2015 13:27:12 -0000 Message-ID: <55043738.3000500@joops.com> Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 14:27:20 +0100 From: Josef Springer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan-Peter Seifert CC: Lou Picciano , pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Installing PostgreSQL fails References: <54F05CBF.5050006@joops.com> <1469279821.239990.1425053551214.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> <54F30147.1020207@joops.com> <54F32306.5020609@gmx.de> <54F82B20.4010906@joops.com> <54FA4C88.7050902@gmx.de> <54FAD14D.5010606@joops.com> <54FB299A.9090501@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <54FB299A.9090501@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1251 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.2 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-admin Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org Hello Peter,

thanks for your hints ! Your information gave me the resolution.
pg_clt start gave me the information about a corrupted postmaster.pid (filesize was 1k, but empty).
So i installed 8.2.1 and copied the folder data backup without postmaster.pid.
And what a suprise, all works perfectly and my databases are back.

Thanks for your assistance,
Josef Springer

On 07.03.2015 17:38, Jan-Peter Seifert wrote:
Am 07.03.2015 um 11:22 schrieb Josef Springer:

yes, i used the same win-user for installation and the same user
(default postgres) an password for the server-service.

  * Server works after reinstallation.
  * I terminate server-service
  * I restore backup of folder data
  * I start server-service
  * Starting of server-service is abandomed with errormessage "Fehler
    1053 Der Dienst antwortet nicht auf die Start oder Steueranweisung"

Any ideas ?

Hello Josef,

try to start it from command line (as user postgres!):
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/app-pg-ctl.html

As soon as you can start up the server successfully stop it again (in another command line window or by adding ' &' (no quotes) at the end of the command).

Then you can add a new service by using the pg_ctl option register.

You can remove the old one by using 'sc delete':
https://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/library/cc742045(v=ws.10).aspx

Good luck,

Peter