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glt
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 Posted - 09/16/2005 : 07:57:44 AM
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We have an End User using Outlook 2000. His .PST file is currently at 2.01GB. This will no longer open in Outlook, including if you attempt to import it into Outlook 2003 (my logic was that 2003 supports a far larger .PST file and therefore might work. NOT!).
We're in a Catch-22 situation: Outlook says in effect "This .PST is too large, delete messages" yet won't open the file so you *can* delete messages.
Is there any workaround for this? KB's I've gone through all relate to dealing with the issue when one is nearing that 2GB limit and can't send/receive...but not after the fact.
We're really in a bind as he needs some emails from this file and we've got to get this loaded, even if on another system so it doesn't overwrite any existing profiles...
Thanks!
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pcmeiners
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nickw
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Grasshopper
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Posted - 01/27/2006 : 08:48:02 AM
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You’ve probably already remedied this issue, but from my experience I’ve used the scanpst.exe within the OS and have had good success with that. After the scan it will tell you that some errors were found and if you want to fix them. Short of that I have the end users break up the pst file by Archiving it from a certain point. Have the pst archive reflect a year if need be.
Again, not too sure if this will help you, but I thought I’d through it out there.
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jaxdave
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lawjizams
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Posted - 07/10/2006 : 05:25:33 AM
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| I've seen this problem numorous times. Good fixes I see work is the scanpst process. Another was the location of the pst(usually a server share for backup purposes)and just moving it to the local machine. Thats if its on a network share. Another would be if the user has alot of pst's in her/his outlook profile. I would create a new outlook profile with just that one pst and sometimes that helps too. Thats just my 2 cents that worked for me. |
LaVar Watson
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Edited by - lawjizams on 07/10/2006 05:26:56 AM |
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Bernardo
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Posted - 07/11/2006 : 5:07:35 PM
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| What also has worked for me was to import the PST file into Outlook Express |
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jadgate
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Posted - 07/11/2006 : 5:45:38 PM
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Don't know if you've resolved this.
All of the above suggestions will work for Outlook versions prior to 2003, Nick is right about the 20 gig limitation, but the gotcha with that is that if you use Outlook 2003 to recover the file, you can't re-import the pst into an older version of Outlook. I worked in a support environment recently where we had to recover psts that hit the 2 gig limit at least twice a week (no Exchange to limit mailbox size). To recover, we used a third party program from Ontrack, the data recovery firm, instead of the free scanpst utility that Microsoft allows you to download. Just go to their Web site and you should find it there.
The reason we used the Ontrack program was that could recover psts that had been corrupted when they got to the 2 gig limit and split them into 2 smaller files automatically.
I agree that you should have the end-user archive the older emails. However, don't forget to compact the pst after archiving as the pst won't shrink after you archive until you compact it. Compacting can take some time, it's the kind of thing you want to start when you are leaving for the day and it should be done next morning..
Generally, you will start to see pst corruption at 1.2 gigs for pre-2003 Outlook psts, so you should educate end-users that they can loose data if they let their mailboxes grow beyond that - I've even seen corruption with ~900 mbyte psts.
Jim
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clarinathan
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Posted - 07/12/2006 : 05:20:03 AM
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Hi Jim,
I would definitely recommend the Ontrack products, I have had great success recovering 2GB+ PSTs (the old type) with these tools.
Cheers
Nathan
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wobble_wobble
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Posted - 04/25/2009 : 4:03:00 PM
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Was reading an article about PST's and then got wondering.
First the article;
http://windowsitpro.com/Windows/Articles/ArticleID/98540/pg/1/1.html
My question, how do I check if the pst is an old one, or a new Unicode version, we have a lot of clients that would have upgraded from previous OS's/ previous Office versions to XP and Vista on Office 2003 or 2007?
I have generated both types of pst's and they seem identical.
For those who do not want to read the article, a PST can have a theoretical size of 33TB, but does give info on changing the pst size. |
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cj_berlin
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Posted - 04/25/2009 : 4:44:44 PM
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Originally posted by wobble_wobble
My question, how do I check if the pst is an old one, or a new Unicode version
For a single file, just try to add it to an Outlook profile and select the new format - you'll get a warning message (at least in OL 2003) if it's the old one.
I suppose you could even script it if you need to mass-check.
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