Installing on new Windows 8 Computer

[ElT007]

It was the third one, but it did not give me an option to install it anywhere other than over the existing one at C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\9.0. However, it also claims it installs over C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0\data.

[kraada]

That sounds like you did install our recommended 9.0 64 bit PostgreSQL - if you did it manually you'll need to change the password to whatever you used during the PostgreSQL installation.

[ElT007]

How do Install this at the root rather than where it is trying to install?

[WhiteRider]

You can choose the folder used during the installation process - check out this guide.

[ElT007]

The installer says "An existing PostgreSQL installation has been found at C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\9.0. This installation will be upgraded."

Then in the next window it says "An existing data directory has been found at C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0\data set to use port 5432. This directory and its configuration will be used for this installation.

Should I unistall those installations? How so?

[ElT007]

P.S. My computer has the following folders right now:

C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3
C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\9.0
C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0

Can a simple delete or uninstall take care of these.

[kraada]

If you uninstall all versions of PostgreSQL, then delete those folders you'll be starting pretty fresh. If you haven't imported anything successfully, there's no data to lose.

[ElT007]

I have uninstalled/deleted everything. For the installation directory I have chosen C:\PostgreSQL. Then when I choose C:\PostgreSQL\data as the data directory, an error box opens with the text "pg_controldata - reads the data from pg_control has stopped working". When I close that box another one opens that says "The existing data directory (catalog version:) is not compatible with this server (catalog version: 201008051)."

[kraada]

Create a support ticket and we'll set up a remote session to get this resolved for you.

[ElT007]

Ticket 141042.