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  #1  
Old June 4th 09, 05:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Tony Cannizzo
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Default Oversized pst

The message which occurs in phase 6 just about at the 100% mark, says:
i: An error has occurred which caused the scan to be stopped. No changes
have been made to the scanned file.

I have also tried opening the file as well as importing and Outlook doesn't
like either of them.

tc

"K. Orland" wrote in message
...
What is the error message that you get when you scan?

Also, don't import your PST. Use File Open. Importing can cause some
data
issues.



"Tony Cannizzo" wrote in message
...
I have tried that also.

"K. Orland" wrote in message
...
It doesn't matter what removable media you use to transfer the

information
on. I don't think one is preferable to another. Try copying the data
locally
onto the C drive and scanning if you haven't done that already.


"Tony Cannizzo" wrote in message
.. .
2007

Haven't tried burning to a CD, it is on an external hard drive. I

suppose
I
would have to burn it to a DVD?

I have run SCANPST.EXE and in the 2nd pass looking for lost data I get

an
error message and it cannot complete.

"K. Orland" wrote in message
...
What version of Outlook are you using? There is a limit on PST size

of
2
GB
but that applies to Outlook 2002 and earlier. Later versions do not
have
this particular size restriction.

Have you tried scanning the PST for errors with Outlook closed? If

you
burned the PST to a CD, did you remove the read only attribute?

"Tony Cannizzo" wrote in message
.. .
I recently had to re-build my laptop. Backed everythning up.

Including
my
3.3GB pst which was working fine.

After re-installing, I was confronted with errors when trying to
use
the
pst, and also when trying to import from it.

I always heard there was a size restriction, but never had a
problem
with
it.

If I knew in advance that I wouldn't be able to use it, I would
have
broken
it out into multiple psts. But now I am stuck.

I have a monthly backup scheme and was able to import my March pst,
but
lost
my April and May emails.

Is there any way to extract the last 2 months from my 3.3GB pst?

Thanks














  #2  
Old June 7th 09, 01:37 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook][_2_]
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Default Oversized pst

Have you tried running ckdsk /r against your hard drive from the command
prompt? You may have your .pst sitting on a bad sector on your hard drive
as well.

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After furious head scratching, Tony Cannizzo asked:

| The message which occurs in phase 6 just about at the 100% mark, says:
| i: An error has occurred which caused the scan to be stopped. No
| changes have been made to the scanned file.
|
| I have also tried opening the file as well as importing and Outlook
| doesn't like either of them.
|
| tc
|
| "K. Orland" wrote in message
| ...
|| What is the error message that you get when you scan?
||
|| Also, don't import your PST. Use File Open. Importing can cause
|| some data
|| issues.
||
||
||
|| "Tony Cannizzo" wrote in message
|| ...
||| I have tried that also.
|||
||| "K. Orland" wrote in message
||| ...
|||| It doesn't matter what removable media you use to transfer the
|||| information on. I don't think one is preferable to another. Try
|||| copying the data locally
|||| onto the C drive and scanning if you haven't done that already.
||||
||||
|||| "Tony Cannizzo" wrote in message
|||| .. .
||||| 2007
|||||
||||| Haven't tried burning to a CD, it is on an external hard drive. I
||||| suppose I would have to burn it to a DVD?
|||||
||||| I have run SCANPST.EXE and in the 2nd pass looking for lost data
||||| I get an error message and it cannot complete.
|||||
||||| "K. Orland" wrote in message
||||| ...
|||||| What version of Outlook are you using? There is a limit on PST
|||||| size of 2
|||||| GB
|||||| but that applies to Outlook 2002 and earlier. Later versions do
|||||| not have
|||||| this particular size restriction.
||||||
|||||| Have you tried scanning the PST for errors with Outlook closed?
|||||| If you burned the PST to a CD, did you remove the read only
|||||| attribute?
||||||
|||||| "Tony Cannizzo" wrote in message
|||||| .. .
||||||| I recently had to re-build my laptop. Backed everythning up.
||||||| Including my
||||||| 3.3GB pst which was working fine.
|||||||
||||||| After re-installing, I was confronted with errors when trying to
||||||| use
|||| the
||||||| pst, and also when trying to import from it.
|||||||
||||||| I always heard there was a size restriction, but never had a
||||||| problem
|||| with
||||||| it.
|||||||
||||||| If I knew in advance that I wouldn't be able to use it, I would
||||||| have
|||||| broken
||||||| it out into multiple psts. But now I am stuck.
|||||||
||||||| I have a monthly backup scheme and was able to import my March
||||||| pst, but
|||||| lost
||||||| my April and May emails.
|||||||
||||||| Is there any way to extract the last 2 months from my 3.3GB pst?
|||||||
||||||| Thanks


  #3  
Old June 22nd 09, 11:25 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Jouni
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Default Oversized pst

Hi!

I have also this oversized PST problem.
Have anyone found a solution yet?

Have anyone tried out those commercial solutions (AOR etc.)?
Or have you got any help from those free version (www.slipstick.com etc.)?
Any luck with those?

Waiting for your replies!

---
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Have you tried running ckdsk /r against your hard drive from the command
prompt? You may have your .pst sitting on a bad sector on your hard drive
as well.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Tony Cannizzo asked:

| The message which occurs in phase 6 just about at the 100% mark, says:
| i: An error has occurred which caused the scan to be stopped. No
| changes have been made to the scanned file.
|
| I have also tried opening the file as well as importing and Outlook
| doesn't like either of them.
|
| tc
|
| "K. Orland" wrote in message
| ...
|| What is the error message that you get when you scan?
||
|| Also, don't import your PST. Use File Open. Importing can cause
|| some data
|| issues.
||
||
||
|| "Tony Cannizzo" wrote in message
|| ...
||| I have tried that also.
|||
||| "K. Orland" wrote in message
||| ...
|||| It doesn't matter what removable media you use to transfer the
|||| information on. I don't think one is preferable to another. Try
|||| copying the data locally
|||| onto the C drive and scanning if you haven't done that already.
||||
||||
|||| "Tony Cannizzo" wrote in message
|||| .. .
||||| 2007
|||||
||||| Haven't tried burning to a CD, it is on an external hard drive. I
||||| suppose I would have to burn it to a DVD?
|||||
||||| I have run SCANPST.EXE and in the 2nd pass looking for lost data
||||| I get an error message and it cannot complete.
|||||
||||| "K. Orland" wrote in message
||||| ...
|||||| What version of Outlook are you using? There is a limit on PST
|||||| size of 2
|||||| GB
|||||| but that applies to Outlook 2002 and earlier. Later versions do
|||||| not have
|||||| this particular size restriction.
||||||
|||||| Have you tried scanning the PST for errors with Outlook closed?
|||||| If you burned the PST to a CD, did you remove the read only
|||||| attribute?
||||||
|||||| "Tony Cannizzo" wrote in message
|||||| .. .
||||||| I recently had to re-build my laptop. Backed everythning up.
||||||| Including my
||||||| 3.3GB pst which was working fine.
|||||||
||||||| After re-installing, I was confronted with errors when trying to
||||||| use
|||| the
||||||| pst, and also when trying to import from it.
|||||||
||||||| I always heard there was a size restriction, but never had a
||||||| problem
|||| with
||||||| it.
|||||||
||||||| If I knew in advance that I wouldn't be able to use it, I would
||||||| have
|||||| broken
||||||| it out into multiple psts. But now I am stuck.
|||||||
||||||| I have a monthly backup scheme and was able to import my March
||||||| pst, but
|||||| lost
||||||| my April and May emails.
|||||||
||||||| Is there any way to extract the last 2 months from my 3.3GB pst?
|||||||
||||||| Thanks



  #4  
Old June 22nd 09, 02:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Diane Poremsky [MVP]
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Posts: 12,991
Default Oversized pst

The solution is not let it get that big - if it does, you need to chop it so
its smaller then run scanpst
(http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.asp). I'm not aware of any
free repair tools that work on oversized pst files without chopping them
down to size (most offer a 'free' trial - usually recovering a few items so
you can see if it works before buying). The one free one only works if the
pst can be opened in outlook.

Once you chop the oversized file down to size, you need to run scanpst on
it - many people have better luck if they also run scandisk (see
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/scanpst.asp).


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"Jouni" wrote in message
...
Hi!

I have also this oversized PST problem.
Have anyone found a solution yet?

Have anyone tried out those commercial solutions (AOR etc.)?
Or have you got any help from those free version (www.slipstick.com etc.)?
Any luck with those?

Waiting for your replies!

---
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Have you tried running ckdsk /r against your hard drive from the command
prompt? You may have your .pst sitting on a bad sector on your hard
drive
as well.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Tony Cannizzo asked:

| The message which occurs in phase 6 just about at the 100% mark, says:
| i: An error has occurred which caused the scan to be stopped. No
| changes have been made to the scanned file.
|
| I have also tried opening the file as well as importing and Outlook
| doesn't like either of them.
|
| tc
|
| "K. Orland" wrote in message
| ...
|| What is the error message that you get when you scan?
||
|| Also, don't import your PST. Use File Open. Importing can cause
|| some data
|| issues.
||
||
||
|| "Tony Cannizzo" wrote in message
|| ...
||| I have tried that also.
|||
||| "K. Orland" wrote in message
||| ...
|||| It doesn't matter what removable media you use to transfer the
|||| information on. I don't think one is preferable to another. Try
|||| copying the data locally
|||| onto the C drive and scanning if you haven't done that already.
||||
||||
|||| "Tony Cannizzo" wrote in message
|||| .. .
||||| 2007
|||||
||||| Haven't tried burning to a CD, it is on an external hard drive. I
||||| suppose I would have to burn it to a DVD?
|||||
||||| I have run SCANPST.EXE and in the 2nd pass looking for lost data
||||| I get an error message and it cannot complete.
|||||
||||| "K. Orland" wrote in message
||||| ...
|||||| What version of Outlook are you using? There is a limit on PST
|||||| size of 2
|||||| GB
|||||| but that applies to Outlook 2002 and earlier. Later versions do
|||||| not have
|||||| this particular size restriction.
||||||
|||||| Have you tried scanning the PST for errors with Outlook closed?
|||||| If you burned the PST to a CD, did you remove the read only
|||||| attribute?
||||||
|||||| "Tony Cannizzo" wrote in message
|||||| .. .
||||||| I recently had to re-build my laptop. Backed everythning up.
||||||| Including my
||||||| 3.3GB pst which was working fine.
|||||||
||||||| After re-installing, I was confronted with errors when trying to
||||||| use
|||| the
||||||| pst, and also when trying to import from it.
|||||||
||||||| I always heard there was a size restriction, but never had a
||||||| problem
|||| with
||||||| it.
|||||||
||||||| If I knew in advance that I wouldn't be able to use it, I would
||||||| have
|||||| broken
||||||| it out into multiple psts. But now I am stuck.
|||||||
||||||| I have a monthly backup scheme and was able to import my March
||||||| pst, but
|||||| lost
||||||| my April and May emails.
|||||||
||||||| Is there any way to extract the last 2 months from my 3.3GB pst?
|||||||
||||||| Thanks



  #5  
Old May 19th 10, 10:21 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
cryingrose
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Default Oversized pst


It seems that the problem is related to your pst corruption. Bt you
have not written what error message you are encountering anywayz...you
can try by running inbox repair tool or nay third party software
programs like pst repair that will get the job done. After running the
tool if the problem gets solved then you must keep a backup of all your
important pst files with good and professional 'pst backup'
(http://www.pstbackup.com) software program. good luck!


http://forums.slipstick.com

  #6  
Old May 19th 10, 11:31 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Gordon[_7_]
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Default Oversized pst


"cryingrose" cryingrose.4b79rm@invalid wrote in message
news:cryingrose.4b79rm@invalid...

It seems that the problem is related to your pst corruption.


Please QUOTE the post you are replying to. The majority of us who subscribe
directly to the MS News server cannot see to whom you are replying unless
you QUOTE.

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Old September 8th 11, 01:02 PM
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Inbox repair tool is not capable to fix oversized PST file issue. In order to solve out this issue you need to fix pst file by using PST fix tool.
 




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