Inbox Repair Tool - Scanpst.exe

I am aware about the scanpst.exe utility for repairing an
inbox file ( pst ).

However, there are times that the utility cannot repair
all the index/problems in a file. This apply to file with
size ( at least 60 Mb or higher i came across 975 Mb ).

My question is that i would like to know if there's any
other third party utility or programs which can resolve
above problem ( irrespective of the size of the pst file )
and give FULL DETAIL audit trail for any correction made.

Thank you.
Salim

I regularly have users with 2GB pst files and scanpst
does not work. I am dealing with one right now. Is
there a utility I can use to split the file in half?
Maybe I can get scanpst to work on files of a more
reasonable size.

>-----Original Message-----
>Nothing available that I know of. I've never seen
scanpst not work, and
>those are pretty small PST files.
>
>Sometimes the repair can't fix the problems, that's
true - and you get
>contacts all showing up as email items, etc., but the
utility does at least
>render the file openable.
>
>Salim Soormally wrote:
>> I am aware about the scanpst.exe utility for repairing
an
>> inbox file ( pst ).
>>
>> However, there are times that the utility cannot repair
>> all the index/problems in a file. This apply to file
with
>> size ( at least 60 Mb or higher i came across 975 Mb ).
>>
>> My question is that i would like to know if there's any
>> other third party utility or programs which can resolve
>> above problem ( irrespective of the size of the pst
file )
>> and give FULL DETAIL audit trail for any correction
made.
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Salim
>
>
>.
>

I found that the corruption we were experiencing occurred
when we attempted to compact the file. To resolve, I
created 3 PST files and copied folder/items from a
working copy of the 2GB PST file (from the nightly
backup) to the 3 other PST files. Then we deleted the
2GB file. I did this from Outlook 2002. A few times
Outlook wouldn't respond for a few minutes but eventually
came back with a message that the original PST was full.
Once closing and restarting Outlook, I could continue
until everything was copied.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi - 2GB is the official limit, but most people have
problems starting about
>1.2 -1.5GB. The 2GB limit has been gotten rid of in
Outlook 2003, for what
>it's worth - but I would still recommend keeping PST
files small - people
>need to move older items out to other PST files. It can
be a real pain to
>manage that, but losing data is more of a pain, as the
crop utility (below)
>may well result in some data loss...
>
>See
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
displaylang=en&FamilyID=B33B1DFF-6F50-411D-BBDF-
82019DDA602E
>or http://tinyurl.com/4ns9
>
>Ken wrote:
>> I regularly have users with 2GB pst files and scanpst
>> does not work. I am dealing with one right now. Is
>> there a utility I can use to split the file in half?
>> Maybe I can get scanpst to work on files of a more
>> reasonable size.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Nothing available that I know of. I've never seen
>> scanpst not work, and
>>> those are pretty small PST files.
>>>
>>> Sometimes the repair can't fix the problems, that's
>> true - and you get
>>> contacts all showing up as email items, etc., but the
utility does
>>> at least render the file openable.
>>>
>>> Salim Soormally wrote:
>>>> I am aware about the scanpst.exe utility for
repairing an
>>>> inbox file ( pst ).
>>>>
>>>> However, there are times that the utility cannot
repair
>>>> all the index/problems in a file. This apply to file
with
>>>> size ( at least 60 Mb or higher i came across 975
Mb ).
>>>>
>>>> My question is that i would like to know if there's
any
>>>> other third party utility or programs which can
resolve
>>>> above problem ( irrespective of the size of the pst
file )
>>>> and give FULL DETAIL audit trail for any correction
made.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>> Salim
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>
>
>.
>