Stellar Phoenix PST File splitter Guide

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Stellar Phoenix PST file Splitter

Content

Overview ........................................................................................................3

Outlook Slow down Symptoms & Errors.......................................................4

PST File Corruption Prevention Tips...............................................................5

Size Limitations of Outlook PST....................................................................6

Default Locations of Outlook PST.................................................................7

PST2GB.exe(Microsoft Utility).....................................................................8

How to Split PST.......................................................................................9-11

FAQ..............................................................................................................12

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Overview

Stellar Phoenix PST file Splitter is a powerful and easy to use tool designed to

split Outlook .PST file that avoids Outlook corruption. It recovers over-sizedOutlook .PST file with all objects.

It thoroughly splits large PST into small and manageable size on the basis of

different criteria such as email-id, time, date, folder, size etc.

User can select either single or multiple .PST files to save Outlook components

from being corrupted, using this software.

Key Features: Splits single and multiple PST files.

Splits Single or multiple File on the basis of Date, Time, Size, Mail ID.

Select and Split single file by folders.

Splits single file with multiple date ranges selection option.

Splits multiple files stored at different locations.

Splits multiple files stored in a single folder.

Creates and saves log report of the PST splitting operation.

Restores original formatting of RTF and HTML messages.

Supports MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000.

Compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, Server 2003, 2000 and NT4

(SP6).



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Outlook Slow Down Symptoms & Errors

Outlook operations performance problem.

ANSI PST size increased to 2GB.

Unicode PST starts showing abrupt symptoms when size increased.

Outlook becomes inaccessible completely.

Outlook stops connecting to the server.

Showing errors when perform any operation.

A. .PST is not a Personal Folders File

B. An unknown error has occurred. 0X80040600

C. Outlook .PST cannot be accessed 0x80040116



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PST File Corruption Prevention Tips

Outlook is very popular application but due to .PST file limitations, it may get

corrupted or it becomes inaccessible. To prevent PST from damage orcorruption one should keep in mind few tips. These tips will help you to

prevent PST from so many problems and maintains smooth working of

Outlook.

Tips of Prevention

Empty the deleted emails folder on frequent basis.

Use Archive items either automatic or manually.

Use pst2GB.exe inbuilt tool to split PST.

Free up the space which is occupied unnecessarily.

Expand PST size as per the use.



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Size Limitation of Outlook PST

PST file is a very important part of the Outlook program and stores all theMicrosoft Outlook email items such as e-mails, notes, contacts, journals,

calendars, attachments and other Outlook items in it. All the Microsoft Outlook

objects are stored in this single file. This single .PST file is stored in local hard

drive of a user. Several Microsoft Client applications support .PST file format

which includes Windows Messaging, and Microsoft Outlook. Microsoft

Exchange Client.

Available Outlook Versions & Size Limits

Outlook 2002 and Earlier 2GB

Outlook 2003 20GB

Outlook 2007 20GB

Outlook 2010 50GB



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Default Location of Outlook PST

Vista & Windows 7

C:\Users\user name\Apocalyptic\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows XP / 2000

C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Local Settings\Application

Data\Microsoft\Outlook



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PST2GB.exe (Microsoft Utility)

PST2GB.exe is also known as 2GB truncation utility from Microsoft. It is aneffective solution for over-sized Outlook .PST file. This tool resolves the large

PST issues efficiently. It can be downloaded from the Microsoft download

center. It truncates the Outlook PST as per user defined size limits.

Limitations of the Utility

A. It require 2GB free hard disk space to make a copy of .PST file.

B. This utility may truncate some of your important .PST file data.



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How to Split PST using Stellar Phoenix PST File

Splitter Software

Main Interface

Select File



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Select SplittingOption

Scan



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Choose 'Select and

Split' and click

'OK'



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FAQ

A. Why to split Outlook .PST file?

While user performs normal operations like send, receive, open, move etc.,

Outlook does not respond or slow down, because .PST file gets oversizes. To

resolve such issues one should try to split large Outlook PST using Stellar

Phoenix PST File Splitter.

B. Why Outlook slow down?

When Outlook .PST file size gets oversizes beyond its limit, it starts showingperformance problem by slowing down normal operations of Outlook.

C. How to split more than one PST?

Stellar phoenix PST file splitter software provides two options to split .PST

file. One is to split single PST and other is to split multiple PST files. Simply

choose split multiple PST files option and perform few steps to split.
