I had a 10GB pst file. Finally got around to archiving 7.5GB of it. It was
still 10GB. So I figured it needed compacting. It's still compacting 5 hours
later and the PST is only down to 9GB. How long does it take to compact?

thanks

Got it! There's a thread below mine that prompted me to the MS KB. Then I
found these links which all us newbies should read about Outlook...

http://ask-leo.com/are_attachments_s..._they_are.html

http://ask-leo.com/what_can_i_do_abo..._huge_pst.html



"shank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I had a 10GB pst file. Finally got around to archiving 7.5GB of it. It was
>still 10GB. So I figured it needed compacting. It's still compacting 5
>hours later and the PST is only down to 9GB. How long does it take to
>compact?
>
> thanks
>

Note that the second URL does not apply to Outlook 2003/2007 - you can have
a very large PST in outlook 2003/2007. While a 10 GB pst is large, it
isn't necessarily slow, especially if you keep the Inbox to under about 3000
or so messages (fewer is better).

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"shank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Got it! There's a thread below mine that prompted me to the MS KB. Then I
> found these links which all us newbies should read about Outlook...
>
> http://ask-leo.com/are_attachments_s..._they_are.html
>
> http://ask-leo.com/what_can_i_do_abo..._huge_pst.html
>
>
>
> "shank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I had a 10GB pst file. Finally got around to archiving 7.5GB of it. It was
>>still 10GB. So I figured it needed compacting. It's still compacting 5
>>hours later and the PST is only down to 9GB. How long does it take to
>>compact?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>
>