Oversized pst

[Tony Cannizzo]

I recently had to re-build my laptop. Backed everythning up. Including my
3.3GB pst which was working fine.

After re-installing, I was confronted with errors when trying to use the
pst, and also when trying to import from it.

I always heard there was a size restriction, but never had a problem with
it.

If I knew in advance that I wouldn't be able to use it, I would have broken
it out into multiple psts. But now I am stuck.

I have a monthly backup scheme and was able to import my March pst, but lost
my April and May emails.

Is there any way to extract the last 2 months from my 3.3GB pst?

Thanks

 

[K. Orland]

What version of Outlook are you using? There is a limit on PST size of 2 GB
but that applies to Outlook 2002 and earlier. Later versions do not have
this particular size restriction.

Have you tried scanning the PST for errors with Outlook closed? If you
burned the PST to a CD, did you remove the read only attribute?

 

[Tony Cannizzo]

2007

Haven't tried burning to a CD, it is on an external hard drive. I suppose I
would have to burn it to a DVD?

I have run SCANPST.EXE and in the 2nd pass looking for lost data I get an
error message and it cannot complete.

 

[K. Orland]

It doesn't matter what removable media you use to transfer the information
on. I don't think one is preferable to another. Try copying the data locally
onto the C drive and scanning if you haven't done that already.

 

[Tony Cannizzo]

I have tried that also.

It doesn't matter what removable media you use to transfer the information
on. I don't think one is preferable to another. Try copying the data
locally
onto the C drive and scanning if you haven't done that already.

 

[K. Orland]

What is the error message that you get when you scan?

Also, don't import your PST. Use File > Open. Importing can cause some data
issues.

 

[Tony Cannizzo]

The message which occurs in phase 6 just about at the 100% mark, says:
i: An error has occurred which caused the scan to be stopped. No changes
have been made to the scanned file.

I have also tried opening the file as well as importing and Outlook doesn't
like either of them.

tc

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Have you tried running ckdsk /r against your hard drive from the command
prompt? You may have your .pst sitting on a bad sector on your hard drive
as well.

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After furious head scratching, Tony Cannizzo asked:

| The message which occurs in phase 6 just about at the 100% mark, says:
| i: An error has occurred which caused the scan to be stopped. No
| changes have been made to the scanned file.
|
| I have also tried opening the file as well as importing and Outlook
| doesn't like either of them.
|
| tc
|
| || What is the error message that you get when you scan?
||
|| Also, don't import your PST. Use File > Open. Importing can cause
|| some data
|| issues.
||
||
||
|| ||| I have tried that also.
|||
||| |||| It doesn't matter what removable media you use to transfer the
|||| information on. I don't think one is preferable to another. Try
|||| copying the data locally
|||| onto the C drive and scanning if you haven't done that already.
||||
||||
|||| ||||| 2007
|||||
||||| Haven't tried burning to a CD, it is on an external hard drive. I
||||| suppose I would have to burn it to a DVD?
|||||
||||| I have run SCANPST.EXE and in the 2nd pass looking for lost data
||||| I get an error message and it cannot complete.
|||||
||||| |||||| What version of Outlook are you using? There is a limit on PST
|||||| size of 2
|||||| GB
|||||| but that applies to Outlook 2002 and earlier. Later versions do
|||||| not have
|||||| this particular size restriction.
||||||
|||||| Have you tried scanning the PST for errors with Outlook closed?
|||||| If you burned the PST to a CD, did you remove the read only
|||||| attribute?
||||||
|||||| ||||||| I recently had to re-build my laptop. Backed everythning up.
||||||| Including my
||||||| 3.3GB pst which was working fine.
|||||||
||||||| After re-installing, I was confronted with errors when trying to
||||||| use
|||| the
||||||| pst, and also when trying to import from it.
|||||||
||||||| I always heard there was a size restriction, but never had a
||||||| problem
|||| with
||||||| it.
|||||||
||||||| If I knew in advance that I wouldn't be able to use it, I would
||||||| have
|||||| broken
||||||| it out into multiple psts. But now I am stuck.
|||||||
||||||| I have a monthly backup scheme and was able to import my March
||||||| pst, but
|||||| lost
||||||| my April and May emails.
|||||||
||||||| Is there any way to extract the last 2 months from my 3.3GB pst?
|||||||
||||||| Thanks

 

[Jouni]

Hi!

I have also this oversized PST problem.
Have anyone found a solution yet?

Have anyone tried out those commercial solutions (AOR etc.)?
Or have you got any help from those free version (www.slipstick.com etc.)?
Any luck with those?

Waiting for your replies!

---

Have you tried running ckdsk /r against your hard drive from the command
prompt? You may have your .pst sitting on a bad sector on your hard drive
as well.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Tony Cannizzo asked:

| The message which occurs in phase 6 just about at the 100% mark, says:
| i: An error has occurred which caused the scan to be stopped. No
| changes have been made to the scanned file.
|
| I have also tried opening the file as well as importing and Outlook
| doesn't like either of them.
|
| tc
|
| || What is the error message that you get when you scan?
||
|| Also, don't import your PST. Use File > Open. Importing can cause
|| some data
|| issues.
||
||
||
|| ||| I have tried that also.
|||
||| |||| It doesn't matter what removable media you use to transfer the
|||| information on. I don't think one is preferable to another. Try
|||| copying the data locally
|||| onto the C drive and scanning if you haven't done that already.
||||
||||
|||| ||||| 2007
|||||
||||| Haven't tried burning to a CD, it is on an external hard drive. I
||||| suppose I would have to burn it to a DVD?
|||||
||||| I have run SCANPST.EXE and in the 2nd pass looking for lost data
||||| I get an error message and it cannot complete.
|||||
||||| |||||| What version of Outlook are you using? There is a limit on PST
|||||| size of 2
|||||| GB
|||||| but that applies to Outlook 2002 and earlier. Later versions do
|||||| not have
|||||| this particular size restriction.
||||||
|||||| Have you tried scanning the PST for errors with Outlook closed?
|||||| If you burned the PST to a CD, did you remove the read only
|||||| attribute?
||||||
|||||| ||||||| I recently had to re-build my laptop. Backed everythning up.
||||||| Including my
||||||| 3.3GB pst which was working fine.
|||||||
||||||| After re-installing, I was confronted with errors when trying to
||||||| use
|||| the
||||||| pst, and also when trying to import from it.
|||||||
||||||| I always heard there was a size restriction, but never had a
||||||| problem
|||| with
||||||| it.
|||||||
||||||| If I knew in advance that I wouldn't be able to use it, I would
||||||| have
|||||| broken
||||||| it out into multiple psts. But now I am stuck.
|||||||
||||||| I have a monthly backup scheme and was able to import my March
||||||| pst, but
|||||| lost
||||||| my April and May emails.
|||||||
||||||| Is there any way to extract the last 2 months from my 3.3GB pst?
|||||||
||||||| Thanks

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

The solution is not let it get that big - if it does, you need to chop it so
its smaller then run scanpst
(http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.asp). I'm not aware of any
free repair tools that work on oversized pst files without chopping them
down to size (most offer a 'free' trial - usually recovering a few items so
you can see if it works before buying). The one free one only works if the
pst can be opened in outlook.

Once you chop the oversized file down to size, you need to run scanpst on
it - many people have better luck if they also run scandisk (see
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/scanpst.asp).


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Hi!

I have also this oversized PST problem.
Have anyone found a solution yet?

Have anyone tried out those commercial solutions (AOR etc.)?
Or have you got any help from those free version (www.slipstick.com etc.)?
Any luck with those?

Waiting for your replies!

---

Have you tried running ckdsk /r against your hard drive from the command
prompt? You may have your .pst sitting on a bad sector on your hard
drive
as well.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Tony Cannizzo asked:

| The message which occurs in phase 6 just about at the 100% mark, says:
| i: An error has occurred which caused the scan to be stopped. No
| changes have been made to the scanned file.
|
| I have also tried opening the file as well as importing and Outlook
| doesn't like either of them.
|
| tc
|
| || What is the error message that you get when you scan?
||
|| Also, don't import your PST. Use File > Open. Importing can cause
|| some data
|| issues.
||
||
||
|| ||| I have tried that also.
|||
||| |||| It doesn't matter what removable media you use to transfer the
|||| information on. I don't think one is preferable to another. Try
|||| copying the data locally
|||| onto the C drive and scanning if you haven't done that already.
||||
||||
|||| ||||| 2007
|||||
||||| Haven't tried burning to a CD, it is on an external hard drive. I
||||| suppose I would have to burn it to a DVD?
|||||
||||| I have run SCANPST.EXE and in the 2nd pass looking for lost data
||||| I get an error message and it cannot complete.
|||||
||||| |||||| What version of Outlook are you using? There is a limit on PST
|||||| size of 2
|||||| GB
|||||| but that applies to Outlook 2002 and earlier. Later versions do
|||||| not have
|||||| this particular size restriction.
||||||
|||||| Have you tried scanning the PST for errors with Outlook closed?
|||||| If you burned the PST to a CD, did you remove the read only
|||||| attribute?
||||||
|||||| ||||||| I recently had to re-build my laptop. Backed everythning up.
||||||| Including my
||||||| 3.3GB pst which was working fine.
|||||||
||||||| After re-installing, I was confronted with errors when trying to
||||||| use
|||| the
||||||| pst, and also when trying to import from it.
|||||||
||||||| I always heard there was a size restriction, but never had a
||||||| problem
|||| with
||||||| it.
|||||||
||||||| If I knew in advance that I wouldn't be able to use it, I would
||||||| have
|||||| broken
||||||| it out into multiple psts. But now I am stuck.
|||||||
||||||| I have a monthly backup scheme and was able to import my March
||||||| pst, but
|||||| lost
||||||| my April and May emails.
|||||||
||||||| Is there any way to extract the last 2 months from my 3.3GB pst?
|||||||
||||||| Thanks

 

[Gordon]

It seems that the problem is related to your pst corruption.

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