Impact of compacting an outlook data file

M

Millie

I am thinking of compacting my archive data files. Will I still be able to
easily open them at a later date or will they uncompact each time (i.e. does
it operate like a zip file).
 
T

tedmi

Compacting does not COMPRESS data files the way ZIP does - it merely removes
unused space between messages, making the file smaller. The advantage is
mainly in saving of disk space, with only a very slight gain in performance.
 
M

Millie

Hi, thanks for clarifying.
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Millie


tedmi said:
Compacting does not COMPRESS data files the way ZIP does - it merely removes
unused space between messages, making the file smaller. The advantage is
mainly in saving of disk space, with only a very slight gain in performance.
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P

Pat Willener

Also, archive PST files probably won't compact. Compacting only takes
place if large amounts of data has been deleted from a PST file.
 

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