Tips for oversized PST scan and repair

PST files being the most important component of Outlook need to be prevented from data loss situations. But when they corrupt due to reasons like virus infection, abnormal system shutdown, file header corruption etc., there are probable chances of inaccessibility of data stored within PST file and even data loss. So, in context to this situation, PST scan is the best suitable option that includes advanced mechanism of scanning outlook files and extracts all the corruption issues existing there.

Assume a situation where while trying to copy files, you are received with the error message similar to this one:

"Can't Copy the items. The file %PST file name% has reached its maximum size. To reduce the amount of data in this file, select some items that you no longer need, then permanently (Shift+Del) delete them."

Cause:

The cause for this error is the oversized PST file that is when the file size reaches about 1.82 GB, the error appears on the screen. When you try to copy the files, the copied file is large enough to make the file to 2 GB. So, this error message is constantly displayed until you make the file smaller in size.

Resolution:

To resolve this error, you can try out the below stated solutions:

• Saving attachments to a file system folder and deleting them from similar messages. Doing so, will lead to reduction in the file size.
• Compaction of oversized PST files so as to make them smaller in size
• Deletion of those documents that are of no use
• Split outlook archives into smaller files

These solutions can help you to make a resolution to the above error but not in all cases. So, in other cases, you need to use PST Repair tool that perform PST scan and repair outlook files in an efficient manner. It serves to be a scan PST tool that employs efficient algorithms to scan PST file and split large sized PST file into smaller files. It will also completely remove the above error caused by oversized PST files.