PST file over 2GB

[Irvin Hernandez]

I have a *.pst file which has a size of 2.1 gigabytes. My Outlook 2000 is
giving me an error that I would have to use the repair kit in order to fix
the file. When I do that at stage 7 I get an error that the process could
finish sice the program encountered an error. I downoladed the SR-1a update
and I still encounter that problem. My operating system is Nt 4.0. What
should I do. I need to recover this file. Are there any 3rd party programs
that can fix this issue?

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

2gb is the size limit for PST files. You can use a hex editor to excise a
portion of the file so that Scanpst can recover the rest. See
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.htm.

--
Sue Mosher
Author of
"Teach Yourself Microsoft Outlook 2000 Programming in 24 Hours"
"Microsoft Outlook 2000 E-mail and Fax Guide"

Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com

"Irvin Hernandez" <ihern...@sparinc.com> wrote in message
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[Alex de Ras]

Exit outlook
Find your pst using windows explorer and rename it, but leave the extension
.pst
Then restart outlook and you will be prompted to open a pst file. Simply
fill in a file name that does not exist yet, and click open. A new file will
be created.
Now in the file-menu click import/export and import your old pst.

Importing is much more effective than using scanpst. If importing your pst
does not work you can forget about recovering it.

Good luck!
Alex

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

If the PST is over the 2gb limit, it can't be imported. The solution here is
to use a hex editor to take out enough of the PST to get it below the limit,
then run Scanpst to repair the damage caused by cutting out some data. See
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.htm.

--
Sue Mosher
Author of
"Teach Yourself Microsoft Outlook 2000 Programming in 24 Hours"
"Microsoft Outlook 2000 E-mail and Fax Guide"

Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com

"Alex de Ras" <al...@casema.net> wrote in message
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[John W. Loewen]

What about opening a new empty pst-file simultaneously with the full one, then dragging folders or individual groups of items from the full to the new pst file to recover what is really desired, then delete the maxed out file when done? If he can open the full file in OL, he ought to be able to drag items out of it.
John

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

But you won't be able to open the PST if it's over 2gb.

"John W. Loewen" <Loew...@MediaOne.net> wrote in message
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[Irvin Hernandez]

We were able using a hex editor to delete data but after we deleted it and
we reapired it and then open it we couldn't see anything. There were a
couple thousand of empty e-mails in the recovered inbox. I cecked the
properties of the recovered folder and even though the size of my pst is
almost 2 gb the properties said that it is only 315K...

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

It's probably worth trying to alternate scandisk.exe and scanpst.exe a few
times to see if that recovers more data. Also, you might want to excise data
from a different spot in the big file with your hex editor to see if that
makes a difference.

--
Sue Mosher
Author of
"Teach Yourself Microsoft Outlook 2000 Programming in 24 Hours"
"Microsoft Outlook 2000 E-mail and Fax Guide"

Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com

"Irvin Hernandez" <ihern...@sparinc.com> wrote in message

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[Kevin]

Does anyone have a recommendation of an Hex Editor to use? and any pointers
on how to use it?
"Sue Mosher [MVP]" <sue...@slipstick.com> wrote in message
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>
> 2gb is the size limit for PST files. You can use a hex editor to excise a
> portion of the file so that Scanpst can recover the rest. See
> http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.htm.
>

> --
> Sue Mosher
> Author of
> "Teach Yourself Microsoft Outlook 2000 Programming in 24 Hours"
> "Microsoft Outlook 2000 E-mail and Fax Guide"
>
> Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
>
> "Irvin Hernandez" <ihern...@sparinc.com> wrote in message

[bean10...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, October 3, 2000 12:30:00 PM UTC+5:30, Irvin Hernandez wrote:
> I have a *.pst file which has a size of 2.1 gigabytes. My Outlook 2000 is
> giving me an error that I would have to use the repair kit in order to fix
> the file. When I do that at stage 7 I get an error that the process could
> finish sice the program encountered an error. I downoladed the SR-1a update
> and I still encounter that problem. My operating system is Nt 4.0. What
> should I do. I need to recover this file. Are there any 3rd party programs
> that can fix this issue?

You can have your lost PST data back with the help of third party PST Repair tool. It will successfully recover your lost PST data back without loosing them. So, try this tool now and have your lost PST data back.
For More Information - http://www.pstrepairforwindows7.com/howtorepair-damaged-pst-fileinWindows7.php

[mick...@gmail.com]

Thanks bean, you link is very informative but i have already get my PST data back safely using an another tool,
http://www.errorpst.com/scanpst-errors.php

[jamesr...@gmail.com]

Don't worry, you can try this utility to split large pst file into many small pst files.
http://www.recoverfilesdata.com/split-pst-file-tool.html

[zoras...@gmail.com]

Best PST recovery software is an advance way to repair corrupt .pst files of MS Outlook. It can easily fix any level of corruption from .pst files and restore maximum possible data from them. It quickly scans a corrupt .pst file and recovers emails and other mailbox items, such as: calendar, contacts, distribution list, appointments, tasks, RSS, etc.

Read More- http://www.pcvita.com/recover-outlook.html

[katharine...@gmail.com]

Fix 2GB PST corruption problem with Outlook Recovery Software. It recover the corrupt PST files of Outlook as well as cure it from further corruption issues by splitting the large files of Outlook. It stored recover file in three most used email client format PST, MSG and EML. To know more about it visit: http://www.repair2gbpst.outlookpstrecovery.org/

[bobma...@gmail.com]

You can use Kernel for Outlook PST Repair Tool to repair your damages and oversize pst file successfully. Go to http://www.repair2gbpstfile.fixpst.net to know more about the recovery of pst file and refer to http://www.en.scanpst-exe.org to know more about pst recovery application.

[jeremys...@gmail.com]

If your Outlook PST file get corrupt then ( http://www.recoverydeletedfiles.com/split-pst-tool.html ) software which can easily split large PST file into manageable and smaller PST files as per the specific criterion like size, date, folder and email id, and protects them from any corruption issues because of file size limits.

[admora...@gmail.com]

Recoveryfix for Outlook Email Repair tool Provides an advance and effective solution for Fix over sized or 2GB limitation errors. It helps to repair corrupt or damaged Outlook PST file. Read more http://www.outlookpstrepair.recoveryfix.com/

[simer...@gmail.com]

Oversize PST files are often a cause of PST file corruption. If the data in the PST becomes larger than its exceeding limit then it corrupt the PST file. To avoid file corruption and Split PST file we can manually reduce its size by Clean Up utility.

Select the Clean Up tool from MS outlook and then choose Archive Option
Then Select Archive this folder and sub folders
Select data from mailbox to move
save the new .pst file to a new folder
http://www.outlookconverter.net/pst-splitter/

[simer...@gmail.com]

Outlook hangs when pst file size is increased, follow simple steps to split large sized outlook pst file format. Go ahead and follow steps.
Use any third party tool like Pcinfotools
Browse large sized outlook pst file and choose desired option
Split by year, folder and size is possible with this tool
Choose and click on split button and get your small size PST files
http://www.pcinfotools.com/pst-splitter/