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I got the error in question on my Windows11 for Postgres-V-12. The followed the below steps suggested by ASL:

initdb -D "D:\PostgreSql\12\data" -U postgres

pg_ctl start -D "D:\PostgreSql\12\data"

Now after the last step I am getting an error message; It says:

waiting for server to start....
postgres: could not find the database system 
Expected to find it in the directory "D:/postgresqldata", but could not open file "D:/postgresqldata/global/pg_control": No such file or directory 
stopped waiting 
pg_ctl: could not start server.

Can someone please help me to resolve this issue?

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Please check the service postgresql status in windows services.

Ensure it is running.

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It's running, but still getting the error in the title
Ensure the availability of "D:\postgresqldata" folder first . Run the command pg_ctl -D "D:\postgresqldata" initdb and post the output please.
"D:/postgresqldata" is the data directory I selected while installing postgres
This is the output after running above command: Data page checksums are disabled. fixing permissions on existing directory D:/postgresqldata ... ok creating subdirectories ... ok selecting dynamic shared memory implementation ... windows selecting default max_connections ... 100 selecting default shared_buffers ... 128MB selecting default time zone ... Asia/Calcutta creating configuration files ... ok running bootstrap script ... pg_ctl: database system initialization failed

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