Hardware Requirements
To install SQL Server 2012, you must ensure your system possesses a few basic components:
A pointing device.
A minimum of 6GB of available hard disk space. (See Table 8.2 for detailed disk space requirements for specific SQL Server 2012 components.)
A display device with resolution of at least 800x600.
A DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive ...
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