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MS Office Forum / Outlook / General MS Outlook Questions / June 2008Outlook 2003 on XP - corrupted .pst file
I have a .pst file that due to a huge spam hit is over 5k. It is corrupt. Can I compress/compact the file before running scanpst.exe? It won't let me run scanpst.exe in safe mode. HELP! 5K is smaller than even an empty PST file. Might want to consider posting more accurately, next time. We have no idea what your real question is.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I have a .pst file that due to a huge spam hit is over 5k. It is corrupt. > Can I compress/compact the file before running scanpst.exe? > > It won't let me run scanpst.exe in safe mode. > > HELP! It was a typo. Sorry it is 5 GB. Your sarcasm is really not appreciated. > 5K is smaller than even an empty PST file. > Might want to consider posting more accurately, next time. We have no idea [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > > > HELP! Then the answer to your question is already very well documented and posted countless times. http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.asp SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > It was a typo. Sorry it is 5 GB. Your sarcasm is really not appreciated. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> > >> > HELP! On 14 May, 01:08, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russ...@gmail.com> wrote: > 5K is smaller than even an emptyPSTfile. > Might want to consider posting more accurately, next time. We have no idea [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Your obnoxiousness does nothing to further the reputation of IT people. Being obtusive when someone who is less experienced that you makes an honest mistake does not help them or endear anyone towards you. If we're going to point out all the mistakes I would say that the grammar in your 'sentence' "Might want to consider posting more accurately, next time." leaves a lot to be desired. I am not an MVP but I thought it was pretty obvious that in the context of a massive spam hit the 5K error was obviously a typo. That's the beauty of being a human and not a computer. Perhaps you could have asked if he could check the file size was correct before lambasting him and assuming that 'we' are all with you! Sorry for the rant but whilst looking for some information you unhelpful attitude just reminded me how lame why I spend so much time in my job persuading non techie people that not all IT professionals are fastidious and difficult to deal with. > On 14 May, 01:08, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russ...@gmail.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I wonder if you can decipher what I meant at the end where I made some typos... I can correct them if you can't! If the file is really damaged, you should fix it, if possible, with scanpst before attempting any form of compaction. Outlook 2003's Unicode .PST file format supports files up to 20 GB, so size is not an issue that should have caused corruption. Now, if this is an Outlook 97-2002 ANSI format file, you have a size limit of 1.6 GB after which the file corrupts and will probably require truncation: http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.asp To repair a 2GB Personal Folders or Offline Folders file http://www.slipstick.com/problems/scanpst.asp To repair a damaged Personal Folders PST file Hal SignatureHal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!" KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4 Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com > I have a .pst file that due to a huge spam hit is over 5k. It is corrupt. > Can I compress/compact the file before running scanpst.exe? > > It won't let me run scanpst.exe in safe mode. > > HELP! Thank you for your reply. It is sincerely appreciated. Another user pointed out my typo - my pst file is 5 GB not K. Unfortunately for some reason, the boot on the machine in regular mode is not coming up. I can boot in safe mode fine, but it is more than slow to get it to try to come up in regular mode. I am unable to run the scanpst.exe program in safe mode it prompts me for a program to open the file. Any ideas? Desparate - non-expert outlook user. > If the file is really damaged, you should fix it, if possible, with scanpst > before attempting any form of compaction. Outlook 2003's Unicode .PST file [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > > HELP! How do you know that the PST file is damaged when you cannot even bring up Windows in normal mode? I suggest that you fix Windows first, then look at the PST file issue. > Thank you for your reply. It is sincerely appreciated. Another user pointed > out my typo - my pst file is 5 GB not K. Unfortunately for some reason, the [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >>> >>> HELP! On May 14, 7:58 am, Desparate <Despar...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I have a .pstfile that due to a huge spam hit is over 5k. It iscorrupt. > Can I compress/compact the file before running scanpst.exe? > > It won't let me run scanpst.exe in safe mode. > > HELP! Hi, If the methods above don't work, you can try a tool called Advanced Outlook Repair to repair your PST file. It is a powerful tool to recover messages, folders and other objects from corrupt or damaged Microsoft Outlook PST files. Detailed information about Advanced Outlook Repair can be found at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/ And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/aor.exe Alan
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