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A huge PST file

Can a huge PST file (600Mb!!!) cause any problem or failure in Outlook 97? I know is not recommend to have a huge PST, but is there an especific problem if i have it (Outlook performace, errors, etc.)?

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rjcpjc

600 mb is not the limit of a PST. PST's can get to about 1.8 GB without a problem. Yes, the limit is supposed to be 2 GB but much after 1.8 they start to have major problems quite often.

Have you used the ScanPST tool (its on the office CD) to scan your pst and see if it can fix some of the errors?

What exactly is Outlook doing?

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hollenbk

The other possible reason for slow PSTs is disk space. When Outlook opens/accesses a PST, it has to open it for read/write. THe time spent "waiting" on an item in the pst could be your pagefile switching information out if you do not have adequate disk space. I had a user with a similar problem.

The other option is to split it and have two smaller ones...also Percy K's solution is a good one, and works much better than the Compact button on your PST properties!

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