Corrupt PST-files in backup

[Robert_Dahlberg]

Hi

Many of our users in our organization have big pst-files. We have an issue where their backup pst get corrupt and DLO wants to do a new backup of the pst. This happens often after we move the user from one storage location to another. Why could this be?

We run the latest backup exec 11 revision.

Regards,

Robert

[AlanChen]

The PST files are oversized. Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier versions limit the size of Personal Folders (PST) file to 2GB. Whenever the PST file reaches or exceeds that limit, you will not be able to open or load it any more, or you cannot add any new data to it. This is called oversized PST file problem. More detailed information can be found at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/problems/2gb-pst.htm

You can use Advanced Outlook Repair to solve the problem, by either converting it into Outlook 2003 format ( http://www.datanumen.com/aor/problems/convert-2gb-pst.htm ), or splitting it into smaller pieces ( http://www.datanumen.com/aor/problems/split-2gb-pst.htm )

http://www.datanumen.com/aor/ contains the detailed information about Advanced Outlook Repair.

Hope this helps.

[shaun12]

Have you tried Inbox repair tool to corrupt your pst file. If your pst file is not badly damaged or corrupted it will help you to repair your pst file. Otherwise you can try pst recovery software. Stellar Phoenix pst recovery software helps you to recover your pst file in its original format. You can download the demo version to check its recovery capability from the site:
http://www.repair-outlook-pst.com/
In demo version you can preview 5 e-mails, 20% of contacts and calendar entries from which you can evaluated the efficiency & recovery capability of the software.

[BackupSpy]

Use EdgeSafe to complement DLO for the PST backup.

[cryingrose]

corruption of pst files is a very common issue. there can be many reasons for their pst backup corruption like virus, spyware or anything else. just try by running the inbox repair tool it miht work. If the corruprtion is much high then the the tool would fail to work and you need to go for the the third party pst repair tools that would repair your pst files easily.

[barbarajones]

There are many reasons of why these pst files get corrupted. Few of them are...

• virus attacks
• compaction or compression
• software malfunction

you can fix corrupt pst using many softwares available on net. Try running SCANPST.exe to repair .pst file. If this does not work then go for these recovery tools by trying out demo versions.