My Inbox Repair Tool can't repair my .pst file, what can I do?

"Ron - cannot open PST file" wrote:

I too exceeded 2GB, did use the utility to crop the file back down to about
1.99 GB. Tried running the repair utility but still no success. I tried to
first compress the file with the Windows 2000 utility, I also ended up
installing a copy of Outlook 2002 professional since I could not get a hold
of the Outlook 2002 Premier version that I was currently running. Would
changing versions of Outlook here cause me a problem accessing the file now?
I thought it would work once I made the file size smaller. Could trying to
compress the file with Windows cause a problem (I really do not think windows
compression utility did anything to the file? It certainly did not make it
any smaller.

"GLW" wrote:

Thank you. I'd already run chkdsk, followed the instructions in the
Microsoft Database article on the issue. I even tried the crop tool (which
didn't work because the file was , 2 GB). I've renamed the file as well.
What's odd is the file became corrupted for no apparent reason - no detectabe
virus, etc.

I'll check the slipstick URL.

"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:

You might have some success if you use ChkDsk in addition to the Inbox
Repair Tool:

http://www.slipstick.com/problems/scanpst.htm
To repair a damaged Personal Folders PST file
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319128/en-us
"Data Error (Cyclic Redundancy Check)" Error Message When Outlook Downloads
E-mail

Hal
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"GLW" wrote in message
...
I've had a problem with a "cyclic redundancy error" and the outlook.pst
file
was corrupted. It cannot be opened, copied or moved. I tried the Inbox
Repair tool, without success. Luckily, I'd backed up about 2 1/2 weeks
ago,
but I have lost files pertaining to our business. Is there any hope of
repairing the file?

"Terry" wrote:

Look in the Task Manager under "Processes." If the word OUTLOOK
appears, end
it. Other items that may impact the complete closing a CTFMON,
WCES...(Active Synce for your PDA), and finally MSN Messenger.

The .PST file here will not copy/move anywhere, and can't be repaired
for
reasons of a "file error" presumably repairable with NTFS repair tools.
The
disk partitionn tests as good with no issues.

Attemps to backup are still failing. The .pst file size is out to 2MB.

Terry

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

John S. wrote:

My inbox repair will not work, It says that the file is currently
in
use. Any ideas?

Booting your PC into safe mode should eliminate that problem.
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Brian Tillman






Brian is right! There is no such utility and their is defference between
windows file compression and .pst file compaction.
Try Running Oversized PST Crop Tool as explained here-
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296088

JNPT wrote:

Brian is right! There is no such utility and their is defference between
windows file compression and .pst file compaction.
Try Running Oversized PST Crop Tool as explained here-
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296088

snipped the 2-4 year old quoted posts

Google Groups copy of ancient thread: http://preview.tinyurl.com/ye4hz4x

You are replying to a thread that was started over 4 years ago and
previously last updated over 2 years ago (by others that didn't notice the
datestamps). Next time look at the datestamps before replying.

Its agreed that the MS Outlook comes with an Inbox Repair Tool but
sometimes the PST files or the Outlook database is corrupted so badly,
that the above mentioned tool is unable to fix the problem. I would
advise you to use any good PST repair tool like Stellar Phoenix etc for
getting your problem sorted.


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'PST Repair' (http://www.scanpstexe.com)
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If the Inbox Repair Tool is unable to solve the problem from getting
your damaged PST file repaired, I think that the Outlook database is
then heavily corrupted. You should know that Inbox Repair Tool is meant
for repairing small corruption problems in PST files. If the problem is
huge, the problem would be sorted with the help of any good PST Repair
Software.


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