Hello,
I have to say that VMware could do better installation process, but ….
I have Windows 2008 R2 with MSSQL Server (64bit) already installed (will not use use the MSSQL that comes with the vCenter installation)
any way, Windows 2008 R2 is 64Bit only there is no 32Bit, here is what I found and it may help!

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