PST file over 2GB and corrupted

[Gregg Hill]

Hello!

When running the PST crop tool from MS to crop some data from an oversize
PST file, from what portion of the file does it delete data? Start (old
stuff?), middle, or end of file (new stuff?)?

Gregg Hill

 

[William Lefkovics [MVP]]

There is no real way to determine what content will be cut. Take a backup,
run the pst2gb utility and assess the result in Outlook.

 

[Gregg Hill]

I was afraid of that!

Thank you for the reply.

Gregg Hill

 

[William Lefkovics [MVP]]

New content is written in white space. White space exists where stuff has
been deleted. The new stuff is most likely all over the .pst file
physically. The utility is not selective.

Good luck nonetheless.

 

[Gregg Hill]

I had to crop 100MB before it would let scanpst succeed. So far, the guy
says he has 98% of his data. Not too shabby!

Gregg Hill

 

[thielen]

You better not use that cropping tool, as you'll lose data.

You should use PST Walker instead. It can mount and work with files over 2GB without a single problem.