Opt for Split PST freeware to resolve the PST oversized issues
Due to regular use of PST files in Outlook to store important documents such as mails, appointments, journals, tasks, notes, contacts etc , it’s obvious that at some point it gets oversized due to which you start to face a number of problems including inaccessibility of Outlook files, data loss situations because or corruption, slow performance and many more. You can get various error messages while accessing the oversized files and as a result you are not allowed to access them. In this situation, you can go for the split PST freeware to reduce the size of the Outlook files and to again access them easily.
But before going for split PST file freeware, you need to know their size and then you can determine upon the resolution. So, the below steps will help you to know the size of oversized PST files:
- Above all, start MS Outlook application
- In the left panel, select your mailbox, right click and go to Properties
- There click on the Folder size button to view the your file size
- Close all the open dialog boxes
Another method to know your file size is just right click on the folder in which PST files are stored and click on Properties to see the file volume.
Outlook versions earlier than 2003 have only a file size limit of 2GB but actually the file reaches around 1.8 GB, it starts giving problems and errors which further leads to inaccessibility. Thus, in that situation you may opt for PST splitter freeware that break PST file and divide them into smaller divisions on the basis of various criterias like by date and time and resolves the issue of large volume Outlook files. After using this tool, you are able to remove all the problems related to oversized PST files.
