Sounds like you may not have enough available memory. How much memory is available to SQL Server when you perform the restore? From: Leo Cheung [mailto:notifications@github.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:58 AM To: Microsoft/sql-server-samples <sql-server-samples@noreply.github.com> Cc: Subscribed <subscribed@noreply.github.com> Subject: [Microsoft/sql-server-samples] Cannot restore WideWorldImporters-Full to Express version DB Engine. (#169) I am using: Windows 10 Pro 64bit SQL Server 2016 Express SP1 with CU3 Restore both WideWorldImporters-Full and WideWorldImportersDW-Full, It show (SQL server service not starting with error code: 3414) I stay back and try the legacy version: WideWorldImporters-Standard.bak and WideWorldImportersDW-Standard.bak It success without any error. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FMicrosoft%2Fsql-server-samples%2Fissues%2F169&data=02%7C01%7Cjodebrui%40microsoft.com%7Cf3b75db7f9d247d8c77208d43f800b67%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636203266549546098&sdata=ACUgKjdTVM0HbEZe3oPC3R9wZVjjbe4GyOGzF6moHxQ%3D&reserved=0>, or mute the thread<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnotifications%2Funsubscribe-auth%2FAMuA9pS2BVGBa2Pkwdd1TFD5kwj5kcDmks5rTdP8gaJpZM4Lmnuz&data=02%7C01%7Cjodebrui%40microsoft.com%7Cf3b75db7f9d247d8c77208d43f800b67%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636203266549546098&sdata=R50X55kPM9DZYFvSwCFhtyLDa9F732H6v6EoSBIRLaI%3D&reserved=0>.