SQL Server No Longer Connects?

Question

I am a beginner with SQL Server. So if you give directions on how do fix this, please be put it on the dumest level you can think of, because I do not have a lot of knowledge in configurations and how they work.

Situation: I turned on my computer and I got some error messages saying some files were corrupt and to run chkutil. I did this and restarted. After I restarted, I tried to access SQL server from SQL Query analyzer and Enterprise Manager. I got messages stating: [Microsoft] [ODBC SQL Server Drive] [Shared Memory] SQL Server does not exist or access denied.

When I try to do some alternative things, I may get the following error:
Server: Msg 17, Level 16, State 1

I am running SQL Server on my own computer and no others at this time. I think my computer is having trouble finding SQL Server because of whatever my computer did to fix corrupted files.

I tried the MS Website. I tried some of the things listed there without getting anywhere. Please help.

Answer 1

May be ur SQL server get corrupted,

Reinstall SQL server again.

Answer 2

may be ur sql server installation is corrupted. one of the things sql server does is that even if u uninstall it, the entry remains in the registry. try reinstalling sql server with another instance name.

Answer 3

Programming error