A user reported that their .PST file is corrupted. I tried the inbox repair tool (Scanpst.exe) and it just stops dead, and doesn't fix it. Are there other ways of recovering a .PST. It's a big one - nearly 1 Gig, which is well under the natural 2 Gig limit.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q181/5/23.asp

I ran scanpst to repair my .pst files. It has fixed some of my mails but not all of them, I think it's all the files with attachments that are missing but there could be others. Does anyone know if there is another way to repair my .pst files, or if there is a way to access the missing ones???? Has anyone else had this problem???

- scanpst.exe is able to repair *.pst and *.pab files under normal circumstancens (sometime also *.scd scheduler) - unencrypted personal folders are easier to repair than encrypted ones (you cant change this afterwards; the only time you can set this option is when you create a new folder) - FAT16-Partitions are limited to 2GB of size. if you store your personal folder on FAT16 - the folder will crash as soon as it reaches 2GB! there is no warning!!! - there is a tool called "Oversized PST Recovery Utility" (pst2gb). it will truncate every part over 2GB (the rest is LOST!) youll find it at micr*s*ft. - if you delete a mail and empty the trash can - the size of your personal folder will remain at its old size! to "empty" deleted mails, you need to compress the personal folder! - if your pst-file reaches 500MB - leave it as it is and create a new one...