The folder could not be opened. - URGENT

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MSExchangeStudent

Hi all

I get the following error when tryint to open mails:

The folder could not be opened. The file <path>:\outlook.ost could not be accessed. There is not enough space on the disk.

I have exch2003 and outlook 2003. How do i fix this?
On the partition is more than 5GB free space
 
MSExchangeStudent said:
Hi all

I get the following error when tryint to open mails:

The folder could not be opened. The file <path>:\outlook.ost could
not be accessed. There is not enough space on the disk.

I have exch2003 and outlook 2003. How do i fix this?
On the partition is more than 5GB free space
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Hi - this has nothing to do with Exchange - it's an Outlook issue (OST files
aren't part of Exchange). Try disabling cached mode and closing Outlook -
delete the old OST file, re-open Outlook and re-enable cached mode (restart
again).

If you continue to have problems try posting in microsoft.public.outlook for
more help (and include the exact versions & service pack levels of
everything when you do).
 
First off I would try to open the email in Outlook Web Access.
If that works, I would probably delete the OST file.
Shut down Outlook.
Navigate to the OST location and delete it.
Then restart Outlook.
Your mailbox will appear empty but then start downloading messages.
Depending on your mailbox size this could take a while.


Hi all

I get the following error when tryint to open mails:

The folder could not be opened. The file <path>:\outlook.ost could not be
accessed. There is not enough space on the disk.

I have exch2003 and outlook 2003. How do i fix this?
On the partition is more than 5GB free space
 
You appear to have no space left on the disk that houses the OST file.

Oliver
Hi all

I get the following error when tryint to open mails:

The folder could not be opened. The file <path>:\outlook.ost could not be accessed. There is not enough space on the disk.

I have exch2003 and outlook 2003. How do i fix this?
On the partition is more than 5GB free space
 
THank you

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Hi - this has nothing to do with Exchange - it's an Outlook issue (OST
files aren't part of Exchange). Try disabling cached mode and closing
Outlook - delete the old OST file, re-open Outlook and re-enable cached
mode (restart again).

If you continue to have problems try posting in microsoft.public.outlook
for more help (and include the exact versions & service pack levels of
everything when you do).
Click to expand...
 
Can't be - i have 5GB left on the drive but i will try the first 2 posts. Thank you for the reply


You appear to have no space left on the disk that houses the OST file.

Oliver
Hi all

I get the following error when tryint to open mails:

The folder could not be opened. The file <path>:\outlook.ost could not be accessed. There is not enough space on the disk.

I have exch2003 and outlook 2003. How do i fix this?
On the partition is more than 5GB free space
 
MSExchangeStudent said:
Can't be - i have 5GB left on the drive but i will try the first 2
posts. Thank you for the reply
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If the mailbox is extremely large & you've got a FAT32 partition note that
the OST file can't grow beyond 4GB.
 
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
If the mailbox is extremely large & you've got a FAT32 partition note
that the OST file can't grow beyond 4GB.
Click to expand...

....and my mailbox is now on 4.6GB. How do i check if i have FAT32 and if so
even if i try and delete mail i get the message so how do i get rid of mail?
 
MSExchangeStudent said:
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
If the mailbox is extremely large & you've got a FAT32 partition note
that the OST file can't grow beyond 4GB.
Click to expand...

...and my mailbox is now on 4.6GB. How do i check if i have FAT32 and if
so even if i try and delete mail i get the message so how do i get rid of
mail?
Click to expand...

No, sorry, just had a look now and my offline .ost file is 3.99GB. dont know
why exchange system mnger is showing 4.6GB...can that be the reason (4gb
limit) why i get the error - so what do i do to get rid of it?
 
Drop to a command prompt and do a chkdsk.
The first think it will tell you is the type. Fat or NTFS.

MSExchangeStudent said:
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
If the mailbox is extremely large & you've got a FAT32 partition note
that the OST file can't grow beyond 4GB.
Click to expand...

...and my mailbox is now on 4.6GB. How do i check if i have FAT32 and if
so even if i try and delete mail i get the message so how do i get rid of
mail?
Click to expand...
 
Youch. I won't even ask what you keep in there!
How do i check if i have FAT32

No, sorry, just had a look now and my offline .ost file is 3.99GB.
dont know why exchange system mnger is showing 4.6GB...can that be
the reason (4gb limit) why i get the error -
Click to expand...

Yes. I didn't think of it at first as it's rare to find anything but NTFS on
a current-generation workstation.
so what do i do to get
rid of it?
Click to expand...

Right-click on your hard drive in Windows Explorer and go to properties. On
the general tab, check out what it says for File System.

You can convert FAT32 to NTFS easily, and it usually goes very smoothly, but
if you have any data on this computer (as in, stuff that is not synced with
data on a server - your OST file doesn't count) make a backup of your files
first. Note that you cannot convert back from NTFS without third party tools
(although that should never be necessary)

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881 for more help.
<snipped for length>
 
OK, i did delete the .ost and my mail are busy downloading again....i'm also
busy deleting unwanted mail while the maildownloading are in progress which
i couldn't do.

I will also archive old mail into a .pst and store it somewhere on my
fileserver.
I hope the above is best practise - thank you for the ideas so far


Martin Blackstone said:
Drop to a command prompt and do a chkdsk.
The first think it will tell you is the type. Fat or NTFS.

MSExchangeStudent said:
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Can't be - i have 5GB left on the drive but i will try the first 2
posts. Thank you for the reply

If the mailbox is extremely large & you've got a FAT32 partition note
that the OST file can't grow beyond 4GB.
Click to expand...

...and my mailbox is now on 4.6GB. How do i check if i have FAT32 and if
so even if i try and delete mail i get the message so how do i get rid of
mail?
message You appear to have no space left on the disk that houses the OST
file.

Oliver
message Hi all

I get the following error when tryint to open mails:

The folder could not be opened. The file <path>:\outlook.ost
could not be accessed. There is not enough space on the disk.

I have exch2003 and outlook 2003. How do i fix this?
On the partition is more than 5GB free space
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
You can convert to NTFS if you wish.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881

Honestly if you are running Windows 2000 or higher you should be on NTFS.

MSExchangeStudent said:
File system says FAT32 yes


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Youch. I won't even ask what you keep in there!


Yes. I didn't think of it at first as it's rare to find anything but NTFS
on a current-generation workstation.


Right-click on your hard drive in Windows Explorer and go to properties.
On the general tab, check out what it says for File System.

You can convert FAT32 to NTFS easily, and it usually goes very smoothly,
but if you have any data on this computer (as in, stuff that is not
synced with data on a server - your OST file doesn't count) make a
backup of your files first. Note that you cannot convert back from NTFS
without third party tools (although that should never be necessary)

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881 for more help.

<snipped for length>
Click to expand...
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Thank you - will NTFS allow me a bigger .ost then 4GB and doesn't that
change

Craig

Martin Blackstone said:
You can convert to NTFS if you wish.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881

Honestly if you are running Windows 2000 or higher you should be on NTFS.

MSExchangeStudent said:
File system says FAT32 yes


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<snipped for length>

...and my mailbox is now on 4.6GB.

Youch. I won't even ask what you keep in there!

How do i check if i have FAT32
and if so even if i try and delete mail i get the message so how do
i get rid of mail?

No, sorry, just had a look now and my offline .ost file is 3.99GB.
dont know why exchange system mnger is showing 4.6GB...can that be
the reason (4gb limit) why i get the error -

Yes. I didn't think of it at first as it's rare to find anything but
NTFS on a current-generation workstation.

so what do i do to get
rid of it?

Right-click on your hard drive in Windows Explorer and go to
properties. On the general tab, check out what it says for File System.

You can convert FAT32 to NTFS easily, and it usually goes very smoothly,
but if you have any data on this computer (as in, stuff that is not
synced with data on a server - your OST file doesn't count) make a
backup of your files first. Note that you cannot convert back from NTFS
without third party tools (although that should never be necessary)

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881 for more help.


<snipped for length>
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Click to expand...
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Sure.
FAT32 has a max file size of 4GB.
NTFS has a potential 16 TB max file size.

MSExchangeStudent said:
Thank you - will NTFS allow me a bigger .ost then 4GB and doesn't that
change

Craig

Martin Blackstone said:
You can convert to NTFS if you wish.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881

Honestly if you are running Windows 2000 or higher you should be on NTFS.

MSExchangeStudent said:
File system says FAT32 yes


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message
<snipped for length>

...and my mailbox is now on 4.6GB.

Youch. I won't even ask what you keep in there!

How do i check if i have FAT32
and if so even if i try and delete mail i get the message so how do
i get rid of mail?

No, sorry, just had a look now and my offline .ost file is 3.99GB.
dont know why exchange system mnger is showing 4.6GB...can that be
the reason (4gb limit) why i get the error -

Yes. I didn't think of it at first as it's rare to find anything but
NTFS on a current-generation workstation.

so what do i do to get
rid of it?

Right-click on your hard drive in Windows Explorer and go to
properties. On the general tab, check out what it says for File System.

You can convert FAT32 to NTFS easily, and it usually goes very
smoothly, but if you have any data on this computer (as in, stuff that
is not synced with data on a server - your OST file doesn't count)
make a backup of your files first. Note that you cannot convert back
from NTFS without third party tools (although that should never be
necessary)

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881 for more help.


<snipped for length>
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
O, OK - thank you very much for the help.

Craig

Martin Blackstone said:
Sure.
FAT32 has a max file size of 4GB.
NTFS has a potential 16 TB max file size.

MSExchangeStudent said:
Thank you - will NTFS allow me a bigger .ost then 4GB and doesn't that
change

Craig

Martin Blackstone said:
You can convert to NTFS if you wish.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881

Honestly if you are running Windows 2000 or higher you should be on
NTFS.

File system says FAT32 yes


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message
<snipped for length>

...and my mailbox is now on 4.6GB.

Youch. I won't even ask what you keep in there!

How do i check if i have FAT32
and if so even if i try and delete mail i get the message so how do
i get rid of mail?

No, sorry, just had a look now and my offline .ost file is 3.99GB.
dont know why exchange system mnger is showing 4.6GB...can that be
the reason (4gb limit) why i get the error -

Yes. I didn't think of it at first as it's rare to find anything but
NTFS on a current-generation workstation.

so what do i do to get
rid of it?

Right-click on your hard drive in Windows Explorer and go to
properties. On the general tab, check out what it says for File
System.

You can convert FAT32 to NTFS easily, and it usually goes very
smoothly, but if you have any data on this computer (as in, stuff that
is not synced with data on a server - your OST file doesn't count)
make a backup of your files first. Note that you cannot convert back
from NTFS without third party tools (although that should never be
necessary)

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881 for more help.


<snipped for length>
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datasecurity said:
This error looks like generated from your outlook express.
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Wrong. Read the thread.
you can use a karnal software
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Karnal: city, east-central Haryana state, northwestern India.

to resolve this error.i have used a karnal software that is very
effective in this case. you can find it from::
www. microsoftoutlookrecovery. com
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Yep, domain registrant is in India.

So the OP claims the problem is in Outlook Express (despite the thread
is about Outlook) and then suggests using PAYWARE for Outlook as the
solution.
Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
Click to expand...

Boob that can't bother to read the thread and also thinks the original
participants are still monitoring the 15-month old thread, and posts
using a webnews-for-boobs pretend forum (Egghead) leeching into Usenet
that pukes out improperly formatted posts.

Another spammer roaming the pretend Egghead forums leeching to Usenet.
 
Another Deadhead from Egghead answering to a 2 year old post and on top of that
giving the wrong answer

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