compacting... long time

[shank]

I had a 10GB pst file. Finally got around to archiving 7.5GB of it. It was
still 10GB. So I figured it needed compacting. It's still compacting 5 hours
later and the PST is only down to 9GB. How long does it take to compact?

thanks

 

[shank]

Got it! There's a thread below mine that prompted me to the MS KB. Then I
found these links which all us newbies should read about Outlook...

http://ask-leo.com/are_attachments_stored_in_my_outlook_pst_how_can_i_remove_them_if_they_are.html

http://ask-leo.com/what_can_i_do_about_outlooks_huge_pst.html

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Note that the second URL does not apply to Outlook 2003/2007 - you can have
a very large PST in outlook 2003/2007. While a 10 GB pst is large, it
isn't necessarily slow, especially if you keep the Inbox to under about 3000
or so messages (fewer is better).

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[shank]

you can have a very large PST in outlook 2003/2007<<
I'm just a newbie at this with few miserable experiences. So, for the sake
of other newbies I suggest not going with a 10GB pst. If Outlook crashes,
closes ugly, takes a fart, etc. it takes hours - many hours - to get going
again with SCANPST.exe. Unless of course you're ready to restore from your
latest backup.

Note that the second URL does not apply to Outlook 2003/2007 - you can
have a very large PST in outlook 2003/2007. While a 10 GB pst is large,
it isn't necessarily slow, especially if you keep the Inbox to under about
3000 or so messages (fewer is better).

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.

Got it! There's a thread below mine that prompted me to the MS KB. Then I
found these links which all us newbies should read about Outlook...

http://ask-leo.com/are_attachments_stored_in_my_outlook_pst_how_can_i_remove_them_if_they_are.html

http://ask-leo.com/what_can_i_do_about_outlooks_huge_pst.html

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Most people, newbie or otherwise, don't have such a large pst - most are
well under 2 GB. Also, archiving to another pst and keeping all the archives
loaded isn't much better.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.

I'm just a newbie at this with few miserable experiences. So, for the sake
of other newbies I suggest not going with a 10GB pst. If Outlook crashes,
closes ugly, takes a fart, etc. it takes hours - many hours - to get going
again with SCANPST.exe. Unless of course you're ready to restore from your
latest backup.

Note that the second URL does not apply to Outlook 2003/2007 - you can
have a very large PST in outlook 2003/2007. While a 10 GB pst is large,
it isn't necessarily slow, especially if you keep the Inbox to under
about 3000 or so messages (fewer is better).

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.

Got it! There's a thread below mine that prompted me to the MS KB. Then
I found these links which all us newbies should read about Outlook...

http://ask-leo.com/are_attachments_stored_in_my_outlook_pst_how_can_i_remove_them_if_they_are.html

http://ask-leo.com/what_can_i_do_about_outlooks_huge_pst.html



I had a 10GB pst file. Finally got around to archiving 7.5GB of it. It
was still 10GB. So I figured it needed compacting. It's still compacting
5 hours later and the PST is only down to 9GB. How long does it take to
compact?

thanks