Repair PST File When It Exceeds 2GB Size Limit?

Published by Jacob Martin on April 16, 2015

Microsoft Outlook is the most common email client used across the world. Fro professional use its usage is not limited but many users use it for their personal use.  If you are the consistent user of this MS Outlook then you might be aware with its pros and cons.

Microsoft Outlook size limits of older Personal Folders .pst files and the offline folders .ost files to 2GB. If any new or the modified item increases the size over the limit you won’t be able to use the .pst or .ost file. Though the remove the items from server mailbox then also.ost file won’t synchronize.

For example: If you are using Outlook version 2007 and 2010 which got the fixed file size is limited to 20GB and 50GB that let the user store and manage their data in a well mannered way.

But in the older versions of Outlook 2000 and 2002 which got the fixed file size is limited to only 2GB. It doesn’t let the user save the large data in PST file and often lead to corruption issues in case your PST file exceeds above the size limit 2GB.  In such cases you need to act fast to repair the bigger Outlook PST file than 2GB in order to gain access to your file.

When Outlook 2000 and 2002 PST file size exceed 2GB size limit?

• Your PST File size limit exceed more than 2GB due to the collection of innumerous emails or the mail attachments
• Moreover this file can also cross the file limit if more and more data are added to your PST file and you remove the unwanted items on regular basis
• It can also get oversized if the removed items folder is not emptied since long.

What happens when your PST file size is larger than 2GB?

The oversized PST file will start working slowly and you will face several issue like inaccessibility of files, error while receiving or sending the emails, issues while opening file and many more. It can even throw the error message like “The filename abc.pst reached the maximum size.  To decrease the amount of data choose some items which you no longer need and then Shift + Delete them.”, “The PST file cannot found”, “an error occurred and need to close the  MS Outlook”, . These are the few common error that arises while you are working on your outlook. It even indicates that your PST file is damaged as its file size has exceeded more than 2GB and you need a suitable way to repair Outlook PST file.

Outlook PST Repair Tool is the professional tool that can repair corrupted PST file without changing the content. It is compatible with almost every version of Windows OS including the recent Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2003 and 2008. The best part about this software is that it got a user friendly interface which doesn’t need any technical knowledge in order to operate and repair damaged PST file.

Steps for using outlook repair tool are shown below:

Step 1: You need to download, install and run outlook PST repair tool. Then click on ‘select outlook file’ to choose the PST file where you want to work or you may find the specific PST file also.

Step 2: Press “start” to begin scanning, once you have selected the PST file.

Step 3: After completion of scanning, all recovered mailbox folders and other data appear on the left side of the window. You can select the files of your choice from those.

Step 4: After selecting items of your choice you can press “save recovered file” to recover the files on your PC.

Step 5: When your files are saved, a dialogue box appears that confirms that files are saved and also shows the “recovered file size” and “destination path”.

By going through all the above procedures, you can fix your outlook out of memory error successfully.

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