Hi,

     I've downloaded SQL Server 2008 R2 on my system, though the download was successful, i could not start the services, the error exception being displayed when i'm trying start it is - "Time-out exception", the service took long time than expected and is not in start mode, how do i solve that issue ???

Please take a look at Troubleshooting: Timeout Expired

Hi,

     I've downloaded SQL Server 2008 R2 on my system, though the download was successful, i could not start the services, the error exception being displayed when i'm trying start it is - "Time-out exception", the service took long time than expected and is not in start mode, how do i solve that issue ???

Which version and edition you downloaded, did you installed SQL Server database engine and SSMS after downloading ?

First go to SQL Configuration Manager or services.msc and check if you can find a MS SQL Server service. If you cant then that means database component is not installed.