HOWTO: Recover Disk Space in Visual SourceSafe
ID: Q153500
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, versions 95, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
SUMMARY
When a file is deleted in Visual SourceSafe, the file is still held in the
SourceSafe database; it is simply marked for deletion. The files marked for
deletion are still taking up space on the disk and are still available to
be recovered.
MORE INFORMATION
There are several ways to recover disk space in Visual SourceSafe:
- Select the Destroy Permanently check box when deleting a file to
completely remove it from the database.
- Use the Visual SourceSafe Purge command from the Command window or from
within Visual SourceSafe Explorer.
- Use Analyze.exe with the -c and -d switches. Do not use these switches
together. Run analyze twice, once with each switch . However, use this
with extreme caution. Note that this applies to versions of Analyze.exe
dated 1/9/96 or later. If you have an earlier version, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for further
information:
Q190881 SAMPLE: Analyze6.exe Utility for Visual SourceSafe
Step-by-Step Example
Delete with the Destroy Permanently option:
- In SourceSafe Explorer, select the desired file or project, and press
the DELETE key.
- Select the Destroy Permanently check box, and click OK. The file or
project is no longer recoverable.
Purge option:
- In SourceSafe Explorer, right-click the Project, and select the
Properties option.
- Select the Deleted Items tab. If any files are deleted in that project,
the Purge button will be available.
Analyze -C option:
- First and foremost, back up the database. At the command line, change to
the \win32 directory where ANALYZE.EXE resides.
- Type Analyze <path to data directory> -C at the command line and allow
some time for this to run.
NOTE: You may also want to run analyze with the -d switch as suggested in
the Knowledge Base Article Q190881.
NOTE: Be sure that there is plenty of free hard disk space, back up, and
allow a lot of time with this method.
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Keywords : kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 kbWinOS95
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