[AccessD] Outlook.pst Hosed

I just recently had an archive PST file that was at about 450MB and about
60,000 e-mails all of a sudden saying it had about 2000 e-mails.  After
backing it up, I ran scanpst and it said that there were no problems.  After
compacting the PST, I only had 8MB.  I had to restore back to a 12/10/03
backup, which thoroughly sucked.

Bobby

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Don Bozarth
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 7:03 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Outlook.pst Hosed


Arthur,

    Try the .pst repair tool (scanpst.exe) normally located in \program
files\common files\system\mapi\1033\NT.  This puppy scans the .pst and will
fix most (but not all) errors.

Don B.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Fuller" <artful at rogers.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 3:07 PM
Subject: [AccessD] Outlook.pst Hosed


> I sent a message on this subject a few days ago, but maybe I missed 
> its posting. At any rate, a sudden power outage hosed my PST file and 
> now I
can
> read some of it but cannot send or receive. Further, when I try to 
> extract the contents using Access I can get only a few of the 
> (numerous) folders.
>
> Ideas?
>
> TIA,
> Arthur
>
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