PST File Regularly Corrupts

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My outlook.pst file routinely becomes corrupted from even light, normal use
of Outlook 2003. When this happens the program becomes dreadfully stodgy
and slow, hanging out the busy cursor icon for 20-30 seconds or more before
processing the simplest command. I can fix the file using scanpst but it's
a pain to have to run the fix routine almost every day.

It appears to me this is a very buggy version of Outlook, and in fact there
are other odd malfunctions in Office 2003 that make it less seamless to use
than the 2000 version I used previously.

I'd appreciate any available advice about contending with Outlook's tendency
to corrupt its own key file and be directed to a place where I can get some
good help with Office.

Thanks!
Elliot
 
Regular corruption like this is not common.

Close Outlook completely before you shut down Windows.
Defrag regularly and check your drive regularly for errors.
Try a new Outlook profile with a new PST and copy existing data into the new
PST.
Archive and Compact regularly and keep the size of your PST under control.
 
What are the sizes of the pst that are corrupting continuously. I typically
do not recommend going over 800mb as when they get too larger there is a
possibility of performance issues and/or corruption

As for where to go for Office questions- the Newsgroups (here) is the best
as far as I have seen as it has numerous people with all skill sets and
experiences.

Best Regard
 
FYI, .pst files pre-2003 are fine at twice that size. Many companies,
however, limit the .pst file size due to backup issues, larger files taking
longer to backup as a part of the network maintenance.

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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
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After furious head scratching, Francine Otterson asked:

| What are the sizes of the pst that are corrupting continuously. I
| typically do not recommend going over 800mb as when they get too
| larger there is a possibility of performance issues and/or corruption
|
| As for where to go for Office questions- the Newsgroups (here) is the
| best as far as I have seen as it has numerous people with all skill
| sets and experiences.
|
| Best Regard
|| My outlook.pst file routinely becomes corrupted from even light,
|| normal use of Outlook 2003. When this happens the program becomes
|| dreadfully stodgy and slow, hanging out the busy cursor icon for
|| 20-30 seconds or more before processing the simplest command. I can
|| fix the file using scanpst but it's a pain to have to run the fix
|| routine almost every day.
||
|| It appears to me this is a very buggy version of Outlook, and in fact
|| there are other odd malfunctions in Office 2003 that make it less
|| seamless to use than the 2000 version I used previously.
||
|| I'd appreciate any available advice about contending with Outlook's
|| tendency to corrupt its own key file and be directed to a place
|| where I can get some good help with Office.
||
|| Thanks!
|| Elliot
 
Milly,

I am not saying they are not typically okay at more then twice that size but
as the pst files get larger there is and have experienced issues with
performance issue especially when they are over 1GB at various companies.
 
Then it is a server issue, not a .pst file size issue.

--
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, Francine Otterson asked:

| Milly,
|
| I am not saying they are not typically okay at more then twice that
| size but as the pst files get larger there is and have experienced
| issues with performance issue especially when they are over 1GB at
| various companies.
|
|
|| FYI, .pst files pre-2003 are fine at twice that size. Many
|| companies, however, limit the .pst file size due to backup issues,
|| larger files taking
|| longer to backup as a part of the network maintenance.
||
|| --
|| 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, Francine Otterson asked:
||
||| What are the sizes of the pst that are corrupting continuously. I
||| typically do not recommend going over 800mb as when they get too
||| larger there is a possibility of performance issues and/or
||| corruption
|||
||| As for where to go for Office questions- the Newsgroups (here) is
||| the best as far as I have seen as it has numerous people with all
||| skill sets and experiences.
|||
||| Best Regard
|||| My outlook.pst file routinely becomes corrupted from even light,
|||| normal use of Outlook 2003. When this happens the program becomes
|||| dreadfully stodgy and slow, hanging out the busy cursor icon for
|||| 20-30 seconds or more before processing the simplest command. I
|||| can fix the file using scanpst but it's a pain to have to run the
|||| fix routine almost every day.
||||
|||| It appears to me this is a very buggy version of Outlook, and in
|||| fact there are other odd malfunctions in Office 2003 that make it
|||| less seamless to use than the 2000 version I used previously.
||||
|||| I'd appreciate any available advice about contending with Outlook's
|||| tendency to corrupt its own key file and be directed to a place
|||| where I can get some good help with Office.
||||
|||| Thanks!
|||| Elliot
 
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