Oversized PST

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

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It was truncated three seperate times, the last one
truncated 200MB and it still did not work, should I keep
truncating more?
 
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.
 
It's 2GB not 200MB ;-)

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

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