Does anyone know how big can the .pst file be?

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Does anyone know how big can the .pst file be? I have a very big .pst file
and it is giving me an error message saying that the .pst file is corrupted
every time I open Outlook.
 
I believe 2 Gb is the max, though Outlook 2003 may have a higher limit. Run
scanpst against the PST file to try and repair it. Use the search function to
find scanpst.exe, double-click it, and tell it where the pst file is to
repair. PST files can be very difficult to maintain once they become large
and can easily corrupt.
 
Kebby said:
Does anyone know how big can the .pst file be? I have a very big .pst file
and it is giving me an error message saying that the .pst file is corrupted
every time I open Outlook.
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Hi Kebby,

which Outlook Version?
OL2002 1,8GB and OL2003 up to 3TB!
If your pst file have an error please run scanpst.exe.
 
Kebby said:
Does anyone know how big can the .pst file be? I have a very big
.pst file and it is giving me an error message saying that the .pst
file is corrupted every time I open Outlook.
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It depends on your Outlook version, which you decided wasn't important
enough to mention. The limit is 1.83 GB for an Outlook 97-2002 ANSI-format
PST and about 33 TB (with a default of 20 GB) for an Outlook 2003
Unicode-format PST.

If you would post the exact text of the error message you'd do yourself a
favor and allow others to be able to help you. My guess is that it's not
saying that it's corrupt, but that it's saying it's checking for errors. If
you had a corrupt PST, you wouldn't see anything in Outlook. If Outlook is
checking the PST for errors at each startup, then you have something not
allowing Outlook to close correctly and you can pursue that with the ideas
at http://www.slipstick.com/problems/close.htm and
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/outlookdoesntclose.htm
 
Kebby said the default is 2 gigs, how does one increase that I am getting
warnings with 2 gigs & want to increase it & can't find out how.
Thanks so much...
Malcolm
 
What version of Outlook do you use? If you use Outlook 2003 or 2007 you can
make a Unicode pst, but if you use an older version, you need to make a new
pst or archive/delete mail from the pst.

To add a new pst, go to File, New, Outlook Data file or File, Data file
management.

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Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier versions limit the size of Personal
Folders (PST) file to 2GB. Whenever the PST file reaches or exceeds
that limit, you will not be able to open or load it any more, or you
cannot add any new data to it. This is called oversized PST file
problem. More detailed information can be found at
http://www.datanumen.com/aor/problems/2gb-pst.htm

You can use Advanced Outlook Repair to solve the problem, by either
converting it into Outlook 2003 format ( http://www.datanumen.com/aor/problems/convert-2gb-pst.htm
), or splitting it into smaller pieces ( http://www.datanumen.com/aor/problems/split-2gb-pst.htm
)

http://www.datanumen.com/aor/ contains the detailed information about
Advanced Outlook Repair.

And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/aor.exe
 
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