PST file keeps getting damaged...

[Guest]

I keep getting "Errors have been detected in the file [my pst file] Quit
Outlook and all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox repair
tol..." I can open it just fine on THIS computer, but if I transfer it to my
laptop, I can't open it. I can't archive it, because I get the same error.

This happened ealier today, and I ended up deleting the PST and restoring a
backup copy of it from a couple days. The problem went away. But just now, I
tried to send an e-mail, and it's back.

Here's the big rub: at this point, you're all about to tell me about the
infamous "2GB bug", yes? Not this time. 32MB file. I archive my e-mail every
month into seperate, montly archives and make backups of each. Yes, I'm
compu-anal-retentive. What's going on?!

 

[William Lefkovics [MVP]]

I would consider creating a new .pst file and copy the email contents to it.

Are you accessing the copied .pst locally and not over the network for your
laptop?

 

[Guest]

I did that, and it's behaving for now. However, since it's happened twice
today, I would be a little surprised if it just suddenly stopped happening.

And yes, I am accessing it locally, but I occasionally DO access it over my
home network.

I would consider creating a new .pst file and copy the email contents to it.

Are you accessing the copied .pst locally and not over the network for your
laptop?

I keep getting "Errors have been detected in the file [my pst file] Quit
Outlook and all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox repair
tol..." I can open it just fine on THIS computer, but if I transfer it to
my
laptop, I can't open it. I can't archive it, because I get the same error.

This happened ealier today, and I ended up deleting the PST and restoring
a
backup copy of it from a couple days. The problem went away. But just now,
I
tried to send an e-mail, and it's back.

Here's the big rub: at this point, you're all about to tell me about the
infamous "2GB bug", yes? Not this time. 32MB file. I archive my e-mail
every
month into seperate, montly archives and make backups of each. Yes, I'm
compu-anal-retentive. What's going on?!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

do not access it over a network. that can cause corruption.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

I did that, and it's behaving for now. However, since it's happened twice
today, I would be a little surprised if it just suddenly stopped
happening.

And yes, I am accessing it locally, but I occasionally DO access it over
my
home network.

I would consider creating a new .pst file and copy the email contents to
it.

Are you accessing the copied .pst locally and not over the network for
your
laptop?

I keep getting "Errors have been detected in the file [my pst file] Quit
Outlook and all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox
repair
tol..." I can open it just fine on THIS computer, but if I transfer it
to
my
laptop, I can't open it. I can't archive it, because I get the same
error.

This happened ealier today, and I ended up deleting the PST and
restoring
a
backup copy of it from a couple days. The problem went away. But just
now,
I
tried to send an e-mail, and it's back.

Here's the big rub: at this point, you're all about to tell me about
the
infamous "2GB bug", yes? Not this time. 32MB file. I archive my e-mail
every
month into seperate, montly archives and make backups of each. Yes, I'm
compu-anal-retentive. What's going on?!

 

[Guest]

You're kidding! When did that start? There's so many programs out there
designed to help you synchronize PST files over networks. Is this a 2007
problem?

do not access it over a network. that can cause corruption.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

I did that, and it's behaving for now. However, since it's happened twice
today, I would be a little surprised if it just suddenly stopped
happening.

And yes, I am accessing it locally, but I occasionally DO access it over
my
home network.

I would consider creating a new .pst file and copy the email contents to
it.

Are you accessing the copied .pst locally and not over the network for
your
laptop?



I keep getting "Errors have been detected in the file [my pst file] Quit
Outlook and all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox
repair
tol..." I can open it just fine on THIS computer, but if I transfer it
to
my
laptop, I can't open it. I can't archive it, because I get the same
error.

This happened ealier today, and I ended up deleting the PST and
restoring
a
backup copy of it from a couple days. The problem went away. But just
now,
I
tried to send an e-mail, and it's back.

Here's the big rub: at this point, you're all about to tell me about
the
infamous "2GB bug", yes? Not this time. 32MB file. I archive my e-mail
every
month into seperate, montly archives and make backups of each. Yes, I'm
compu-anal-retentive. What's going on?!

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297019/en-us

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Wraith asked:

| You're kidding! When did that start? There's so many programs out
| there designed to help you synchronize PST files over networks. Is
| this a 2007 problem?
|
| "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
|
|| do not access it over a network. that can cause corruption.
||
|| --
|| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
|| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
|| Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
|| Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
||
||
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|| ||| I did that, and it's behaving for now. However, since it's happened
||| twice today, I would be a little surprised if it just suddenly
||| stopped happening.
|||
||| And yes, I am accessing it locally, but I occasionally DO access it
||| over my
||| home network.
|||
||| "William Lefkovics [MVP]" wrote:
|||
|||| I would consider creating a new .pst file and copy the email
|||| contents to it.
||||
|||| Are you accessing the copied .pst locally and not over the network
|||| for your
|||| laptop?
||||
||||
||||
|||| ||||| I keep getting "Errors have been detected in the file [my pst
||||| file] Quit Outlook and all mail-enabled applications, and then
||||| use the Inbox repair
||||| tol..." I can open it just fine on THIS computer, but if I
||||| transfer it to
||||| my
||||| laptop, I can't open it. I can't archive it, because I get the
||||| same error.
|||||
||||| This happened ealier today, and I ended up deleting the PST and
||||| restoring
||||| a
||||| backup copy of it from a couple days. The problem went away. But
||||| just now,
||||| I
||||| tried to send an e-mail, and it's back.
|||||
||||| Here's the big rub: at this point, you're all about to tell me
||||| about the
||||| infamous "2GB bug", yes? Not this time. 32MB file. I archive my
||||| e-mail every
||||| month into seperate, montly archives and make backups of each.
||||| Yes, I'm compu-anal-retentive. What's going on?!