Method to perform oversized PST Recovery


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<b>What is over sizing of PST file?</b><br />

Earlier Versions of Outlook (2002, 2000 and 97) has a size limit of PST which is 2 GB. These versions of Outlook starts performing slow when the PST file in these versions reaches or exceeds its size limit of 2 GB. You cannot add any more data to those PST files. PST file become unusable when it reaches or exceeds its size limit of 2GB i.e. you cannot open or load PST. These PST files are called as oversized PST file. Outlook has no in-built feature to recover oversized PST file which is unusable.

<b>Problems due to over sizing of PST file</b><br />

Microsoft Outlook has no in-built function to retrieve the oversized PST file. Microsoft provides many upgraded service packs in Outlook to avoid over sizing of PST file i.e. advanced service packs of Outlook don’t allow the user to add new data at times of over sizing in PST file. This mechanism of service packs can save PST file from being oversized. But, once if the PST file has reached or exceeded its size limit of 2GB, then you cannot perform functions like sending and receiving emails, notes making, appointments setting etc, until you remove the bulge of data from PST file. Nevertheless, Microsoft provides an external software component i.e. pst2gb tool as an improvised, which helps you to <b>recover PST file</b> to its usability. This tool by Microsoft brings PST file to a usable status by deleting emails with large attachments and by compressing PST file after deletion for size reduction of PST file. In most of the cases, this PST repair tool fails in <b>oversized PST recovery</b>. But, at times when the oversized PST recovery process succeeds, some data will be shortened and lost permanently.

<b>Oversized PST Recovery Procedure: </b>In critical situations, when pst2gb tool by Microsoft fails to recover PST file, you can use other commercial solutions for PST recovery from all critical situations. There are many other commercial solutions to execute PST Recovery but, Outlook Recovery software is a wise tool as it allows you to solve all the problems related to over sizing of PST file. You can resolve all the errors related to 2GB size limit of PST file. With this software, you can recover large PST files from all Outlook Versions (97, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2010).This software can retrieve data 4GB PST or data2GB PST or any other with all the actual details, fields and attachments like before, it doesn’t make any change in PST file at times of PST Recovery. You can easily access large PST files with their headers and information with this software after their recovery from corruption.

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