Thanks Karsten n' Raymond, Finally, I change the logging in account to Local System account as suggested in your URL. And then change it back to .\postgres This magically worked for me.
I think ctrl+alt+del was a compulsory part of XP trouble shootings :) -- Waqar On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Waqar Azeem <waqarazeem.priv...@gmail.com>wrote: > my windows event viewer says: > > 2011-03-24 11:24:22 GMT FATAL: could not create lock file > "postmaster.pid": Permission denied > > is this helpfull? > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Waqar Azeem <waqarazeem.priv...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> I copy the whole folder 'Data' to another PC where fresh postgresql 8.4 is >> installed (same as default config. that previous version have had) >> >> >> >> when i started the server got following ... >> >> >> The postgresql-8.4 - PostgreSQL Server 8.4 service could not be started. >> >> The service did not report an error. >> >> More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534. >> >> The start command returned an error (2) >> >> Press <return> to continue... >> >> >> any clue? >> >> >> >> On 03/24/11 12:07 AM, Waqar Azeem wrote: >> >> My XP is crashed and now I have to take a full backup of my postgresql >> 8.4 >> >> I am used to get backup of ldf/mdf files in case of SQLServer >> >> Please let me know the right way of doing this for postgresql 8.4. >> >> >> you need everything in the $PGDATA directory. On my system here, >> itsD:\Postgres\8.4\data >> but of course, your mileage may vary. >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Waqar Azeem < >> waqarazeem.priv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> My XP is crashed and now I have to take a full backup of my postgresql >>> 8.4 >>> >>> I am used to get backup of ldf/mdf files in case of SQLServer >>> >>> Please let me know the right way of doing this for postgresql 8.4. >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks & Best Regards, >>> Waqar Azeem >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks & Best Regards, >> Waqar Azeem >> > > > > -- > Thanks & Best Regards, > Waqar Azeem > -- Thanks & Best Regards, Waqar Azeem
