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Old October 22nd, 2009, 06:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]
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Default PST and SSD...it the entire file rewritten each time Outlook close

"Brad" wrote in message
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I use Outlook 2007 on Windows 7 Ult x64 with a Solid State Disk [Intel SSD
x25 (G2)] and wanted to know if the PSTs file rewrites itself each time new
mail is sent/received? Or does it represent itself as a single file but
really have many smaller files that are mostly static w/exception of new
mail
and sent.

I ask because after NAND flash of the SSD is written once and the entire
drive is full, the drive performance becomes much slower due to the need to
now “erase before write” as compared to a single write operation when the
SSD
was new.
If the PST is rewriting the complete 300MB+ file every time, I will move it
to another location (non SSD ….headache though w/drawbacks).


See if something here helps: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940226
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]