PST Repair Tools

Resolve PST maximum size limit problem with PST recovery software

PST (personal storage table) files are the storage units of MS Outlook email client consisting of emails and other items of user’s mailbox. These files contain emails, tasks, contacts, notes, calendars, journals and email attachments. The earlier versions of MS Outlook like Outlook 2003 uses binary character to write the PST file systems, which limits the PST file size to 2 GB. Exceeding this size limit results in loss of data, slower performance of Outlook and corrupt or inaccessible PST files. This issue has been resolved in the later versions of MS Outlook 2007 and 2010, where Unicode character format has been used. the new file size allows users to go up to 10 GB. However, the same care must be taken of not exceeding this size limit.

Exceeding PST maximum size limit may pose many problems for the users like sluggish performance of Outlook, longer access time, longer download time and possible corruption of PST files. To avoid such issues users must ensure that PST maximum size is never exceeded and that the files are not overloaded. As a precaution, PST files must be split into smaller independent files so that the content is distributed. The “2 GB Truncation tool” (PST2GB) can also be used when the size limit has crossed the 2 GB mark. However, this tool can crop off important data from the PST files in order to reduce their size which could again be detrimental or users.  

To overcome these problems and tackle the error messages that occur when PST maximum size is exceeded, Kernel for Outlook PST repair can be used. This third party software is based on advanced algorithm that thoroughly scans the inaccessible and damaged PST files and recovers their data within seconds. Apart from emails, this tool can also recover and repair tasks, journals, notes, calendars and other items found in PST files. All the recoverable files are listed in a hierarchical structure for easy preview. Users can then select the files they want to repair and save them in desired location. This tool is effective than PSTscan.exe and PST2G B and resolves the PST size limitation problem with ease.