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Old February 1st 06, 10:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Robert27
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Default BIG Outlook 2000 .pst file problem - Help, please.

HELP, Please !... Before I discovered that there's a 2 Gb limit to the size
of the Outlook.Pst file, it grew to that size, Outlook 2000 IMO crashed, and
it told me to run the Inbox Repair Tool. I did, and it failed. I've since
read on some posts that the Scanpst program will further corrupt a PST file
that's too big. Anyway, I ran iHex to reduce the size of the Outlook.Pst
file to 1.89 Gb,... then ran Scanpst again,... it says it worked.

Now, when I start Outlook 2000, it says there are 26,002 items in a
newly-created "Lost & Found" folder. All other folders are empty. And there
are 52 "Recovered Folder 8123" sub-folders (each with a different number)
under the "Lost & Found" folder. Those 52 are empty.

When I click on the "Lost & Found" folder to see the contents, it says it's
Unable to display the folder, There are errors, Run the Inbox repair tool. I
did that again... same results.

Naturally, I NEED to get my messages back. Any brilliant ideas, all you
Gurus out there? Thanks VERY Much for Any Advice you can offer.

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Old February 1st 06, 11:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Brian Tillman
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Default BIG Outlook 2000 .pst file problem - Help, please.

Robert27 wrote:

HELP, Please !... Before I discovered that there's a 2 Gb limit to
the size of the Outlook.Pst file, it grew to that size, Outlook 2000
IMO crashed, and it told me to run the Inbox Repair Tool. I did, and
it failed. I've since read on some posts that the Scanpst program
will further corrupt a PST file that's too big. Anyway, I ran iHex
to reduce the size of the Outlook.Pst file to 1.89 Gb,... then ran
Scanpst again,... it says it worked.


Asked and answered in another newsgroup. Don't multipost.
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Old February 1st 06, 11:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
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Default BIG Outlook 2000 .pst file problem - Help, please.

Yes,... I asked the same question in another newsgroup. Is that a
no-no? If so, I apologize.

I was trying to get more coverage... hoping that others might have an
answer to the problem.

Seriously,... it that "multi-post" thing bad netiquette?

Thanks.

 




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