Starting SQL Server
You can start an instance of Microsoft® SQL Server™ automatically, manually, or from the command prompt. Both the automatic and manual methods start an instance of SQL Server as a Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 or Windows® 2000 service. If you run sqlservr from a command prompt, you cannot pause, stop, or resume an instance of SQL Server as a Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 service using any net commands.