Outlook pst files

[Guest]

I found half of my hard drive is filled from the outlook.pst folder with 66
huge files. I ASSUME these are individual seperate backups as the dates and
file size are incremental. Can I delete some of these? Should I leave more
than just the latest. I was suprised this folder is 17GB!.. Thanks for any
help, Tim

 

[typical computer geek]

I would burn then to a DVD or several and then get rid of them except for
the current one.

 

[Guest]

The last file, in this case is maybe a GB, is this the entire .pst I should
backup on an external harddrive?

 

[Guest]

Can you tell me if these are individual backup files?

 

[Don MI]

I found half of my hard drive is filled from the outlook.pst folder with 66
huge files. I ASSUME these are individual seperate backups as the dates
and
file size are incremental. Can I delete some of these? Should I leave more
than just the latest. I was suprised this folder is 17GB!.. Thanks for any
help, Tim

Microsoft Outlook requires only one outlook.pst file and one archive.pst
file {note file not folder}. Check Outlook, Tools, Options, Mail Setup and
click on Date Files for the location of the current files.

There is an Outlook Backup utility. If you have the utility installed and
running the backup on a schedule that may account for the number of files
you report. If that is the case, the *.pst files will differ in the
additions and deletions between backups.

You mention "huge files". Outlook has a *.pst file size limit of 2 Gb. You
can experience performance problems when you approach the size limit and
Outlook will fail if your exceed the limit.

Suggest you consider posting your question in an Outlook newsgroup.

Don

 

[George Hester]

Outlook does NOT require an archive.pst. That is only ncessary so you sleep
well at night. Other than that it is not necessary.