1. Try put startup type to delayed and restart the machine 2. If error code is 2146893007 this means that SSL3.0 and/or TLS1.0 are currently disabled. They will need to be enabled via registry. They need to be set to 1. If you regedit you will see them in these paths HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\SSL3.0\Server\Enabled HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\SSL3.0\Server\Enabled 3. Go on Log Tab of the service and select log on as local account 4. Check the master files First we need to find out the current location of the files. Once files are identified, either put them into the location where SQL wants or you will have to ALTER the database to point to the correct location and that will give you less headaches. If the issue lies with models or tempdb database you will need to start SQL Server using trace flag 3608 as explained in