Oversized PST

[Mac]

I archive my .pst file to keep it under 2GB, the last
archive was last week.

Eventhough I archived the .pst file last week, Outlook
2000 has fozen due to Oversized PST file.

I successfully used the 2 GB Truncation tool to reduce
the size and create a new .pst file.

My problem is with the Inbox Repair Tool, the new .pst
file will not complete the scan, in Phase 7 the following
error message pops up; "An error has occurred which
cuased the scan to be stopped. No changes have been made
to the scanned file."

Without the Inbox Repair Tool scan, I am unable to
recover my .pst files, any suggestions?

Operating System is XP Professional

Outlook 2000 is the program

Thanks,

Mac

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Truncate it again. It's probably still too large.

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[Mac]

It was truncated three seperate times, the last one
truncated 200MB and it still did not work, should I keep
truncating more?

 

[Barry Watzman]

I have used Outlook regularly with PST files in the 300 to 600 mb range.
If you are having problems with one of 200mb, something else is wrong.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

It's 2GB not 200MB ;-)

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[Roady [MVP]]

Have you tried running scanpst.exe against the file after truncating it?

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[vnmoris]

Have you tried running scanpst.exe against the file after truncating it?

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"Mac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> It was truncated three seperate times, the last one
> truncated 200MB and it still did not work, should I keep
> truncating more?
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Truncate it again. It's probably still too large.
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>(I changed my reply address; remove all CAPS and
> _underscores_ from the
>>address when mailing)
>>-----
>>"Mac" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message
>>>>> I archive my .pst file to keep it under 2GB, the last
>>> archive was last week.
>>>
>>> Eventhough I archived the .pst file last week, Outlook
>>> 2000 has fozen due to Oversized PST file.
>>>
>>> I successfully used the 2 GB Truncation tool to reduce
>>> the size and create a new .pst file.
>>>
>>> My problem is with the Inbox Repair Tool, the new .pst
>>> file will not complete the scan, in Phase 7 the
> following
>>> error message pops up; "An error has occurred which
>>> cuased the scan to be stopped. No changes have been
> made
>>> to the scanned file."
>>>
>>> Without the Inbox Repair Tool scan, I am unable to
>>> recover my .pst files, any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Operating System is XP Professional
>>>
>>> Outlook 2000 is the program
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mac
>>
>>
>>.
>>

No I have not tried it. Since my PST files were repaired after truncating it. for more info visit: http://www.repairpst.info