{"id":438,"date":"2012-04-06T15:12:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T22:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seanism.com\/blog\/?p=438"},"modified":"2012-04-19T10:46:29","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T17:46:29","slug":"dealing-with-%e2%89%a519-gb-pst-files-in-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seanism.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/dealing-with-%e2%89%a519-gb-pst-files-in-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with 20 GB or greater PST files in Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately I&#8217;ve had a few users who&#8217;s PST has gotten corrupt and been unaccessible at the 19GB mark. \u00a0After doing some research I discovered the default unicode PST size limit in Outlook 2003 and 2007 is 20GB.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By default, .pst files are in the Unicode format in Outlook 2007 and in Outlook 2003. Additionally, the overall size of the .pst files has a limit that is more than the 2-GB limit that is imposed by the ANSI .pst files. By default, the limit for a Unicode .pst file in Outlook 2007 and in Outlook 2003 is configured to be 20 GB.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To resolve this I run\u00a0<strong>scanPST.exe<\/strong>\u00a0located in\u00a0<strong>C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office12<\/strong>\u00a0in Windows 7 or\u00a0<strong>C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office12<\/strong>\u00a0in Windows XP if you have Office 2007. \u00a0Once that completes you&#8217;ll have a functioning PST. \u00a0You can open it in Outlook but it will become corrupt after you start using it again so this isn&#8217;t an option.<br \/>\nThe best way to deal with a large PST is to split it into multiple smaller PST files and access them as needed. \u00a0A great free tool for this is\u00a0<a title=\"MailScavator\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rethinkit.com\/prodMailScavator.html\" target=\"_blank\">MailScavator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First choose your Outlook profile then choose which PSTs you want to work with.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"MailScavator3\" src=\"http:\/\/seanism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MailScavator3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"542\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Third you choose where you want the PSTs saved. \u00a0Fourth you choose the size and how you want to split them.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mailscavator_results\" src=\"http:\/\/seanism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mailscavator_results.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"542\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>You can filter what emails you work with by selecting Dates, addresses sent by, received by, or certain text in the message.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mailscavator_criteria\" src=\"http:\/\/seanism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mailscavator_criteria.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"542\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><strong>Lastly you can logging and choose\u00a0whether\u00a0or not you want to move, copy, or scan. \u00a0I typically move as the original PST is worthless at it&#8217;s current size. \u00a0Now click Start and let it works its magic.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mailscavator_search\" src=\"http:\/\/seanism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mailscavator_search.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"542\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately I&#8217;ve had a few users who&#8217;s PST has gotten corrupt and been unaccessible at the 19GB mark. \u00a0After doing some research I discovered the default unicode PST size limit in Outlook 2003 and 2007 is 20GB. By default, .pst files are in the Unicode format in Outlook 2007 and in Outlook 2003. 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