Hi,
Yes, it seems that you are encoutering the oversized problem in
Outlook. Outlook 2002 and earlier versions only limit PST files to
2GB. If PST file size goes beyond this limit, Outlook cannot process
it correctly. This is called the oversized problem.
First you need to move the oversized PST file to another directory, or
just rename it. You'd better backup it for safety.
Then you can use Advanced Outlook Repair at
http://www.datanumen.com/aor/index.htm
to solve the problem. There are two alternative solutions:
1. Convert oversized PST file into Outlook 2003 format, which doesn't
has a 2GB limit. However, to use this solution, you must install
Outlook 2003 on your computer. The detailed steps are:
1.1 Start Advanced Outlook Repair.
1.2 Select the source oversized PST file in the "Select PST file to be
repaired" edit box, and set its format as "Auto Determined" or other
values if you know its format already.
1.3 Set the output fixed PST file name, and set its format to "Outlook
2003".
1.4 Click "Start Repair" button, Advanced Outlook Repair will repair
the source oversized PST file, recover all data in it, and save them
into the fixed PST file in Outlook 2003 format.
1.5 Open the fixed PST file with Outlook 2003.
Alternatively, if you don't have Outlook 2003 installed, you can:
2. Split the oversized PST file into smaller ones less than 2GB, as
follows:
2.1 Start Advanced Outlook Repair.
2.2 Go to "Options" tab, select "Split output PST file when it is
larger than xxx MB" option, and set the size limit to a value less
than 2GB, for example, 1000MB. Please note the unit is MB.
2.3 Go to "Repair" tab
2.4 Select the source oversized PST file.
2.5 Set the output fixed PST file name
2.6 Click the "Start Repair" button, Advanced Outlook Repair will
repair the source oversized PST file, recover the data and output them
into the fixed PST file. If the output PST file is larger than the
preset value, then a second output PST file will be generated, if the
second file is larger than the preset value, then a third output PST
file will be generated, and so on. For example, if you enable the
option "Split output PST file when it is larger than xxx MB" and
specify 1000MB as the size limit, then if the output pst file
myfile_fixed.pst is larger than 1000MB when some recovered items have
been saved into it, a split PST file called myfile_fixed_1.pst will be
created to accommodate the remaining recovered items, and if
myfile_fixed_1.pst reaches 1000MB again, a new split PST file called
myfile_fixed_2.pst will be created, and so on.
2.7 Thus each output PST file will never be larger than the preset
value so you can open them one by one in Outlook.
Alan Chen
DataNumen, Inc. - World leader in data recovery technologies
Website:
http://www.datanumen.com
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I'm sorry, it is 2.5GB, not MB
DL said:
2.5mb ? thats noway near too large.
What was your previous version of OL and what size is/was your pst?
troubled by Bcc said:
My apologies; I did not implied as a regular "chat room". Thank you for your
response, but if I can't open it how do I copy items from it?
:
1. this is not a chat room
2. Create a new unicode .pst file and copy your items into that file.
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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After furious head scratching, troubled by Bcc asked:
| When I installed MS Vista and Office 2007 Outlook stopped working.
| The problem was similar to many others in this chat room; i.e., my
| .pst file was too large (2.5MB). I deleted it and the problem
| dissapeared; the problem is that my old e-mails, contacts and address
| book also disappeared. I moved the deleted file to my Documents
| folder. I'm afraid that if I put the old .pst file back into Outlook
| it will stop working again. How do I retrieve my old .pst file
| (e-mails, contacts and address book)?- Hide quoted text -
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