Re: Should I reinstall over current installation?

Hello Moreno

Thanks for the reply!

I ran Services and it reported postsql as Disabled.

[image: services.png]

I also ran Event Viewer and found no mention of postgresql there in errors.

Then I ran Task Manager and the services tab and it showed postgresql as
stopped.

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I am considering reinstall because I couldn't find any helpful info from
these services.
Thanks again for your help.
I suspect when Windows was reinstalled, the firewall was reconfigured and
PostgreSQL wasn't allowed to access the port?

Chris

On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 7:40 AM Moreno Andreo <moreno(dot)andreo(at)evolu-s(dot)it>
wrote:

>
> Il 04/02/2020 00:16, Chris Charley ha scritto:
>
> I tried items you suggested (1-5), but could find no helpful info.
>
> Thanks for your help and going the extra mile!
>
>
> Hope I'm in time to try to save you from reinstall :-)
>
> How to check if PostgreSQL is running
> ---------------------------------------------------
> - Run Services.msc
> - In the console you should have an entry with your postgres version (I
> have 9.1 and 9.5 on this host)
> - Check it's automatically started and running (It's in Italian, "In
> esecuzione" means "running" and "Automatico", well.... :-)))))).
> - If it's not, try to start it (right click on the service and select
> start)
> - If you get an error, check the error message
>
>
>
>
> How to check the error message
> -------------------------------------------
> You have 2 choices
>
> 1 - Postgres Logs)
> of all, you should check PostgreSQL logs under <Postgres install
> folder>\data\pg_log. Here you should find some files showing you most of
> the errors you would find in Event Viewer.
> Check error messages and, if still needed, post them
>
> 2 - Windows Event Log)
>
> - Enter Event Viewer
> - Sort Events by date descending
> - First entries should reveal why your postgres server is not running
> (I captured the first error I got on this host just for example)
> - On the lower pane, check what's the error message (in my case, "FATAL:
> The database system is starting up").
>
>
> If you need further help, post the error message and we'll try to help you.
>
>
> Hope this help
> Moreno.-
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