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Outlook 2003 SP2 and FAT32 - 4GB limit?

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StepOne - 07 Mar 2008 11:44 GMT
Hi,

I wonder if anyone could confirm to me that there is a Outlook 2003 .pst
file size limit of 4GB when using the FAT32 filing system.

I have a user with Windows 2000 and FAT32.  The size of her archive.pst is
3.99GB.  When she attempts to add to her archive, Outlook 2003 complains that
the archive.pst file cannot be accessed.  I think FAT32 is the source of the
problem rather than Outlook 2003.  Is this correct?

Many thanks.
neo [mvp outlook] - 07 Mar 2008 11:49 GMT
Absolutely correct.  This is a limitation of the FAT32 file system and can't
be changed.

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Pat Willener - 08 Mar 2008 04:24 GMT
But it's very easy to convert a FAT32 partition to NTFS; see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881

P.S. it's a good idea to defragment the partition first.

> Absolutely correct.  This is a limitation of the FAT32 file system and can't
> be changed.
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>> Many thanks.

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