Outlook Banter - View Single Post - Outlook 2003 .PST files still hitting a 2GB limit

**Brian Tillman** · February 1st 06, 02:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation

Stephen Porter Stephen wrote:

I've replaced several installations of Outlook 2000-2002 with 2003,
largely because we needed to expand beyond the 2GB .PST file limit.
Just recently one of the installs popped up with the error about the
size being too big. We were able to recover this by deleting some
items. The actual file size is about 1.75 GB at this point.

I thought that Outlook 2003 had a 20GB limit. Did I miss something?

Yes. You missed the fact that the PST limit is inherent in the format of
the PST, not in Outlook.

When I created the new .PST files in 2003 I chose the Outlook 97-2002
file, because I thought that was needed. Should I have chosen the
other choice (can't recall it right now)??

You shoujld have chosen the other format, since it is that format that has
the higher limitation.

What procedure should I follow to "convert" the existing 1.75GB file
to the new, larger format?

Posted in these newsgroups multiple times. Google Groups is your friend.
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Brian Tillman