The infamous error Zero. I'm not sure if it's a system permissions error, or a corruption somewhere in my Windows install that's causing it, but I CANNOT GET PAST IT. I've tried every possible solution I could find. I used regedit to ensure that the service was deleted, then uninstalled, deleted, and reinstalled my copy of MySQL 5.0 about 5 times. I've tried Manually starting, and creating said service, but I barely understand how. My .err file shows the following error:
080404 0:49:30 InnoDB: Log file .\ib_logfile0 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file .\ib_logfile0 size to 10 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
080404 0:49:30 InnoDB: Log file .\ib_logfile1 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file .\ib_logfile1 size to 10 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
InnoDB: Cannot initialize created log files because
InnoDB: data files are corrupt, or new data files were
InnoDB: created when the database was started previous
InnoDB: time but the database was not shut down
InnoDB: normally after that.
080404 0:49:31 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 0:49:31 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 0:49:31 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: No valid checkpoint found.
InnoDB: If this error appears when you are creating an InnoDB database,
InnoDB: the problem may be that during an earlier attempt you managed
InnoDB: to create the InnoDB data files, but log file creation failed.
InnoDB: If that is the case, please refer to
InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html
080404 0:58:22 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 0:58:22 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 0:58:23 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: No valid checkpoint found.
InnoDB: If this error appears when you are creating an InnoDB database,
InnoDB: the problem may be that during an earlier attempt you managed
InnoDB: to create the InnoDB data files, but log file creation failed.
InnoDB: If that is the case, please refer to
InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html
080404 1:01:23 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 1:01:23 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 1:01:23 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: The first specified data file .\ibdata1 did not exist:
InnoDB: a new database to be created!
080404 1:04:28 InnoDB: Setting file .\ibdata1 size to 10 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
InnoDB: Error: all log files must be created at the same time.
InnoDB: All log files must be created also in database creation.
InnoDB: If you want bigger or smaller log files, shut down the
InnoDB: database and make sure there were no errors in shutdown.
InnoDB: Then delete the existing log files. Edit the .cnf file
InnoDB: and start the database again.
080404 1:04:28 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 1:04:28 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 1:04:28 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: No valid checkpoint found.
InnoDB: If this error appears when you are creating an InnoDB database,
InnoDB: the problem may be that during an earlier attempt you managed
InnoDB: to create the InnoDB data files, but log file creation failed.
InnoDB: If that is the case, please refer to
InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html
080404 1:12:19 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 1:12:19 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 1:12:19 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: No valid checkpoint found.
InnoDB: If this error appears when you are creating an InnoDB database,
InnoDB: the problem may be that during an earlier attempt you managed
InnoDB: to create the InnoDB data files, but log file creation failed.
InnoDB: If that is the case, please refer to
InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html
080404 1:27:21 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 1:27:21 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 1:27:21 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: No valid checkpoint found.
InnoDB: If this error appears when you are creating an InnoDB database,
InnoDB: the problem may be that during an earlier attempt you managed
InnoDB: to create the InnoDB data files, but log file creation failed.
InnoDB: If that is the case, please refer to
InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html
080404 1:45:23 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 1:45:23 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 1:45:23 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: No valid checkpoint found.
InnoDB: If this error appears when you are creating an InnoDB database,
InnoDB: the problem may be that during an earlier attempt you managed
InnoDB: to create the InnoDB data files, but log file creation failed.
InnoDB: If that is the case, please refer to
InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html
080404 1:46:04 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 1:46:04 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 1:46:04 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: No valid checkpoint found.
InnoDB: If this error appears when you are creating an InnoDB database,
InnoDB: the problem may be that during an earlier attempt you managed
InnoDB: to create the InnoDB data files, but log file creation failed.
InnoDB: If that is the case, please refer to
InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html
080404 1:46:22 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 1:46:22 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 1:46:22 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: No valid checkpoint found.
InnoDB: If this error appears when you are creating an InnoDB database,
InnoDB: the problem may be that during an earlier attempt you managed
InnoDB: to create the InnoDB data files, but log file creation failed.
InnoDB: If that is the case, please refer to
InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html
080404 1:46:33 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 1:46:33 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 1:46:33 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: The first specified data file C:\MySQL InnoDB Datafiles\ibdata1 did not exist:
InnoDB: a new database to be created!
080404 1:52:01 InnoDB: Setting file C:\MySQL InnoDB Datafiles\ibdata1 size to 10 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
InnoDB: Error: all log files must be created at the same time.
InnoDB: All log files must be created also in database creation.
InnoDB: If you want bigger or smaller log files, shut down the
InnoDB: database and make sure there were no errors in shutdown.
InnoDB: Then delete the existing log files. Edit the .cnf file
InnoDB: and start the database again.
080404 1:52:01 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 1:52:01 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 1:52:01 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: No valid checkpoint found.
InnoDB: If this error appears when you are creating an InnoDB database,
InnoDB: the problem may be that during an earlier attempt you managed
InnoDB: to create the InnoDB data files, but log file creation failed.
InnoDB: If that is the case, please refer to
InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html
080404 2:12:16 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 2:12:16 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 2:12:16 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: No valid checkpoint found.
InnoDB: If this error appears when you are creating an InnoDB database,
InnoDB: the problem may be that during an earlier attempt you managed
InnoDB: to create the InnoDB data files, but log file creation failed.
InnoDB: If that is the case, please refer to
InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html
080404 2:14:06 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 2:14:06 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 2:14:06 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: No valid checkpoint found.
InnoDB: If this error appears when you are creating an InnoDB database,
InnoDB: the problem may be that during an earlier attempt you managed
InnoDB: to create the InnoDB data files, but log file creation failed.
InnoDB: If that is the case, please refer to
InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html
080404 2:15:39 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 2:15:39 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 2:15:39 [Note] C:\PROGRA~1\MySQL\MYSQLS~1.0\bin\MYSQLD~2.EXE: Shutdown complete
InnoDB: No valid checkpoint found.
InnoDB: If this error appears when you are creating an InnoDB database,
InnoDB: the problem may be that during an earlier attempt you managed
InnoDB: to create the InnoDB data files, but log file creation failed.
InnoDB: If that is the case, please refer to
InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html
080404 2:21:08 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
080404 2:21:08 [ERROR] Aborting
080404 2:21:08 [Note] C:\PROGRA~1\MySQL\MYSQLS~1.0\bin\MYSQLD~2.EXE: Shutdown complete
I'm probably making a silly little mistake somewhere, so forgive my n00b-ness, and please help me. And yes, I've referred to "http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html" and it's of no help.
... I'm going to try one more clean install, regedit and all, and if it doesn't work, I'm going to stifle the urge to throw my laptop in the aquarium, and go to bed.