I have uninstalled SVN Server by mistake. How do I proceed further?

Question

We have kept lot of important documents in our Tortoise SVN repository. We uninstalled the VisualSVN Server by mistake. I can see the Repositories folder at the earlier location.

Will re-installing the server solve the issue for us?

Answer 1

Your repositories and server settings are safe.

Just reinstall the VisualSVN Server selecting the same installation directory and port number. Reinstalling is a matter of of minutes, in fact.

Note: It's recommended to install the same version as you've uninstalled.

Answer 2

Will re-installing the server solve the issue for us?

Yes, but you can use more easier way (because Visual SVN Server provides http-access to repositories, but file:/// protocol can be used without it):

If real repositories inside parent folder are present and not broken in some way and you have any SVN-client (TortoiseSVN is OK), you can work with repositories on local filesystem as usual, but use file:/// protocol in URL.

Sample: repository on z:\Repo path can be browsed|checkouted using file:///Z:/Repo URL

If you haven't svn-client here, you can copy repository as odinary directory on any other host (to any location) and use on this new host