I have an outlook 2007 local pst that is around 8.5Gb I dumped around 2Gb,
and started a "compact now" it has been running for 2 hours. Any idea how
much longer i should expect?

It has been about 11 hours since your question; is it still running? If
so, hope you have made a backup before starting the compaction.

John wrote:
> I have an outlook 2007 local pst that is around 8.5Gb I dumped around 2Gb,
> and started a "compact now" it has been running for 2 hours. Any idea how
> much longer i should expect?

Hi John,

To compact a *.pst file about 2 GB, the compression may take approximately 4-8 hours. Is it finished now?

If anything is unclear or if you have any other concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Emily Lin,
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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>I have an outlook 2007 local pst that is around 8.5Gb I dumped around 2Gb,
>and started a "compact now" it has been running for 2 hours. Any idea how
>much longer i should expect?
>
>

Hi John,

How are things going? I have not heard back from you in a few days and wanted to check on the status of the problem.

Sincerely,

Emily Lin,
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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>Hi John,
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>To compact a *.pst file about 2 GB, the compression may take approximately 4-8 hours. Is it finished now?
>
>If anything is unclear or if you have any other concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Emily Lin,
>Microsoft Online Partner Support
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