# Reinstall PMS ends in error **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [March 29, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reinstall-pms-ends-in-error/910599 "2025-03-29T00:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kameljoe21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kameljoe21/32/346177_2.png) [@kameljoe21](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kameljoe21)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reinstall-pms-ends-in-error/910599/1 "2025-03-29T00:22:46Z")
New information: I messed with bios and had it scan the drives for errors or something and my database drive came back, when I installed the server it came back as corrupt database. Plex Media Server Was unable to open its media database. My Plex database which was on a separate m.2 ssd failed. So I needed to install the server again to populate the database folders on my small OS drive. This failed with a basic error. Since then I have uninstalled plex and removed all folders, cleaned temp folders and restarted computer several times and tried doing a brand new fresh install yet still end up with the same basic error. There is no information attached to the error. I did not backup the database and even if I had done so it would have been too large to copy over to my os drive which is a 250gb drive, my database is/was 300gb plus. While on plex i did click remove server. So that should not be a reason. I might try logging out on the web and see if that has any effect. Yet the repeated install and removal of folders has done nothing. I am at a loss of what to do. Windows 11 home i3 10th gen 32 gb ram 250gb OS m.2 ssd drive 58tb drive. one dead 1tb m.2 ssd that was my database ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reinstall-pms-ends-in-error/910599/2 "2025-03-29T01:06:00Z")
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/201941078-uninstall-plex-media-server/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201941078-uninstall-plex-media-server/) When uninstalling, be sure to remove the registry entries, in addition to the [Plex Data Folder](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202915258-where-is-the-plex-media-server-data-directory-located/) and application. ---
**Author:** ![kameljoe21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kameljoe21/32/346177_2.png) [@kameljoe21](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kameljoe21)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reinstall-pms-ends-in-error/910599/3 "2025-03-29T01:41:51Z")
That was what I was thinking… I ended up installing plex on another drive instead of the OS drive. Since i did that, is the registry the same or something else? ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reinstall-pms-ends-in-error/910599/4 "2025-03-29T02:50:27Z")
[[HowTo] An extended guide on how to move the Plex data folder on Windows ](https://forums.plex.tv/t/howto-an-extended-guide-on-how-to-move-the-plex-data-folder-on-windows/197060) On Windows systems, the default location for the [Plex Data Folder](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202915258-where-is-the-plex-media-server-data-directory-located/) is the OS drive. If you move it to a non-default location, you need to make some registry entries and change some other settings. See the support doc linked above. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reinstall-pms-ends-in-error/910599/5 "2025-06-27T02:50:36Z")
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