RE: OT - Shrinking a .pst file (without losing any emails)
No, once the file topped 2GB and I closed Outlook it corrupted the file and that was that. Outlook won't then open it. I tried various tools including MS's own one for truncating the file but had no luck. I also tried a demo of Disk Doctors Outlook Mail Recovery which ran for 10 hours (I kid you not) and then crashed! The good(ish) news was that it was reading the email so I live in hope that they get back to me with a solution to the problem. If anyone is using Outlook 2000 (I've since upgraded to 2007) check out your ..pst file and if it's close to 2 GB, start Googling for ways to shrink that bad boy! Adrian -Original Message- From: Rob Parkhill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 November 2008 18:05 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: OT - Shrinking a .pst file (without losing any emails) Adrian, can you open it with Outlook, and then run the Auto-Archive function. That should move older sent items etc. into a different pst folder for archived items. HTH Rob On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 6:39 AM, adrian lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Sorry for the OT, just need to see if anyone has had any experience of a .pst file in Outlook 2000 going over 2GB and ways to shrink it. I'm told the deleted items folder contains a load of things that could be deleted so I'm looking for a way to navigate the .pst file to pick and choose which things to delete to get it down in size. We've tried SCANPST.EXE but that isn't designed to solve this problem. MS also supply a tool to truncate the file but you have no control over what's removed and we'd like all data to be recovered. Cheers all. Adrian ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:316539 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: OT - Shrinking a .pst file (without losing any emails)
Same goes for any user using Outlook Express, and want to migrate to Outlook. If the file is large (as Express does not have separate pst files) Outlook has a real issue when you try and use it... (I just went through this...) Rob On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Adrian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: No, once the file topped 2GB and I closed Outlook it corrupted the file and that was that. Outlook won't then open it. I tried various tools including MS's own one for truncating the file but had no luck. I also tried a demo of Disk Doctors Outlook Mail Recovery which ran for 10 hours (I kid you not) and then crashed! The good(ish) news was that it was reading the email so I live in hope that they get back to me with a solution to the problem. If anyone is using Outlook 2000 (I've since upgraded to 2007) check out your ..pst file and if it's close to 2 GB, start Googling for ways to shrink that bad boy! Adrian -Original Message- From: Rob Parkhill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 November 2008 18:05 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: OT - Shrinking a .pst file (without losing any emails) Adrian, can you open it with Outlook, and then run the Auto-Archive function. That should move older sent items etc. into a different pst folder for archived items. HTH Rob On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 6:39 AM, adrian lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Sorry for the OT, just need to see if anyone has had any experience of a .pst file in Outlook 2000 going over 2GB and ways to shrink it. I'm told the deleted items folder contains a load of things that could be deleted so I'm looking for a way to navigate the .pst file to pick and choose which things to delete to get it down in size. We've tried SCANPST.EXE but that isn't designed to solve this problem. MS also supply a tool to truncate the file but you have no control over what's removed and we'd like all data to be recovered. Cheers all. Adrian ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:316549 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: OT - Shrinking a .pst file (without losing any emails)
Check out http://www.outlook-mail-recovery.com/ -Original Message- From: Rob Parkhill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 7:54 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: OT - Shrinking a .pst file (without losing any emails) Same goes for any user using Outlook Express, and want to migrate to Outlook. If the file is large (as Express does not have separate pst files) Outlook has a real issue when you try and use it... (I just went through this...) Rob On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Adrian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: No, once the file topped 2GB and I closed Outlook it corrupted the file and that was that. Outlook won't then open it. I tried various tools including MS's own one for truncating the file but had no luck. I also tried a demo of Disk Doctors Outlook Mail Recovery which ran for 10 hours (I kid you not) and then crashed! The good(ish) news was that it was reading the email so I live in hope that they get back to me with a solution to the problem. If anyone is using Outlook 2000 (I've since upgraded to 2007) check out your ..pst file and if it's close to 2 GB, start Googling for ways to shrink that bad boy! Adrian ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:316566 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
OT - Shrinking a .pst file (without losing any emails)
Sorry for the OT, just need to see if anyone has had any experience of a .pst file in Outlook 2000 going over 2GB and ways to shrink it. I'm told the deleted items folder contains a load of things that could be deleted so I'm looking for a way to navigate the .pst file to pick and choose which things to delete to get it down in size. We've tried SCANPST.EXE but that isn't designed to solve this problem. MS also supply a tool to truncate the file but you have no control over what's removed and we'd like all data to be recovered. Cheers all. Adrian ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:316010 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: OT - Shrinking a .pst file (without losing any emails)
Adrian, can you open it with Outlook, and then run the Auto-Archive function. That should move older sent items etc. into a different pst folder for archived items. HTH Rob On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 6:39 AM, adrian lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Sorry for the OT, just need to see if anyone has had any experience of a .pst file in Outlook 2000 going over 2GB and ways to shrink it. I'm told the deleted items folder contains a load of things that could be deleted so I'm looking for a way to navigate the .pst file to pick and choose which things to delete to get it down in size. We've tried SCANPST.EXE but that isn't designed to solve this problem. MS also supply a tool to truncate the file but you have no control over what's removed and we'd like all data to be recovered. Cheers all. Adrian ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:316018 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: OT - Shrinking a .pst file (without losing any emails)
Also there's a Shrink function that does what you need. After you've run the auto-archive function (moves anything older than x weeks - you specify how old to move it) you run the shrink and it will close everything up and you'll get what you need. It's a while since i saw the Outlook2000 app, but in Outlook2003 it's at File Data file management Settings Compact now. It is probably something similar in Outlook2000. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 5:05 AM, Rob Parkhill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adrian, can you open it with Outlook, and then run the Auto-Archive function. That should move older sent items etc. into a different pst folder for archived items. HTH Rob On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 6:39 AM, adrian lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Sorry for the OT, just need to see if anyone has had any experience of a .pst file in Outlook 2000 going over 2GB and ways to shrink it. I'm told the deleted items folder contains a load of things that could be deleted so I'm looking for a way to navigate the .pst file to pick and choose which things to delete to get it down in size. We've tried SCANPST.EXE but that isn't designed to solve this problem. MS also supply a tool to truncate the file but you have no control over what's removed and we'd like all data to be recovered. Cheers all. Adrian ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:316020 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
