From: "Glenn Meadows" 

I've found a couple of programs that proclaim their ability to either
repair and/or extract the data from PST files, including those that are
over the 2 gig file limit (one says files up to 4 gig in size).  One says
you can either selectively extract specific "folders", or extract
the entire file, and it creates a folder structure with that mirrors that
of the source PST, and puts all the items as individual files within each
folder.  Then it says that you can use the same program to re-populate a
new PST file.

One is $125.00, and is shareware, unlicensed version will do up to 5 items
per folder (not too useful other than as a proof of concept), and the other
is $249.00.

Me thinks one of those might be a good tool to have around anyway.

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Glenn M.
"Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote in
message news:433d80ac{at}w3.nls.net...
> If you can open it in a newer version, you could in any case export to a
> tab-delimiter (or some such) file and import back to the
"old" version,
> even if the pst file itself is not compatible. Lots of work, yes, but
> doable if all else fails.
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:433d6391$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> OK, based on that (32 bit vs 64 bit), would that over 2gig limit file be
>> openable with Office 2003?  Would I then be able to compact it/clean it
>> up, and then when it's properly "shrunk" in size,
re-open it in Office
>> XP, or does Office 2003 make a change to the file during it's
>> opening/compacting that's not backward compatible?
>>
>> (Thinking out loud, in finding a machine with Office XP installed, and
>> using that to repair the particular PST file).
>>
>> --
>>
>> Glenn M.
>
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