Does anyone know how big can the .pst file be? in Outlook General Questions    |   |  Help   Search For:     In:   Office   Outlook     Outlook General Questions     Outlook New Users     Outlook Business Contact Mngr     Outlook Calendaring     Outlook Contacts     Outlook Install and Configure     Outlook Programming-VBA     Outlook Programming-Forms              Kebby 6/15/2005 10:49 AM PST   Question   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.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           KOrland 6/15/2005 11:00 AM PST   Answer   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. -- K. Orland Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny "Kebby" wrote: > 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.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Andreas Roeder 6/15/2005 11:07 AM PST   Answer   Kebby wrote: > 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. Hi Kebby, which Outlook Version? OL2002 1,8GB and OL2003 up to 3TB! If your pst file have an error please run scanpst.exe. -- Thank you for watching us!;-) webmaster@andreas-roeder.net http://www.andreas-roeder.net     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Brian Tillman 6/15/2005 11:26 AM PST   Answer   Kebby <Kebby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > 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. 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 -- Brian Tillman     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Malcolm 11/6/2009 1:09 PM PST   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 "Brian Tillman" wrote: > Kebby <Kebby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > 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 > -- > Brian Tillman > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Roady [MVP] 11/10/2009 3:23 PM PST   You can't increase the size of an ANSI formatted pst-file. To take advantage of the new 20GB limit you must create a Unicode formatted pst-file. For details see; http://www.msoutlook.info/question/115 -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- "Malcolm" <Malcolm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DF6327B9-97BD-46B1-A1D4-C6CE74855B60@microsoft.com... > 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 > > "Brian Tillman" wrote: > >> Kebby <Kebby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> > 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. >> >> 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 >> -- >> Brian Tillman >> >> .     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Diane Poremsky [MVP] 11/10/2009 3:23 PM PST   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. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ Outlook Tips by email: mailto:dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM "Malcolm" <Malcolm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DF6327B9-97BD-46B1-A1D4-C6CE74855B60@microsoft.com... > 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 > > "Brian Tillman" wrote: > >> Kebby <Kebby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> > 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. >> >> 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 >> -- >> Brian Tillman >> >> .     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           wangdong 11/10/2009 3:32 PM PST   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 .     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           bob 6/22/2009 9:25 AM PST   how can I view to delete some of the information in this file to manage the size of it? "Kebby" wrote: > 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.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies