In order to prevent the Outlook .PST files from being corrupted and make the outlook running faster, it is required to keep the size of the PST file below 2GB. It’s because if you are using outlook 2002 or earlier version then if the PST file size goes over 2GB limit, it is corrupted and the contents present in the PST file will become inaccessible. Newer version has solved this issue using Unicode file format usage in PST file but the slower outlook issue is remains unsolved. So the solution was found as split PST file to make its size low and remain outlook running faster.
How to Split PST File
To split PST file you need to use a powerful and professional PST splitter and PST Split is ideally suited for that. It is capable to split large PST files i.e. files whose size is 2GB, 4GB or higher. It splits the PST file on the basis of email id so you need to select the mail ids of the users whose mails have to be saved in to the particular PST file.
The steps to split PST Files are:
- Download and Install Split PST on your computer
- Execute the Split PST either from program files or from icon present on the desktop
- It will ask for select PST file path. The selected PST file will be divided into various parts
- Here Find PST file will allow you to locate PST file that you want to split from the selected hard drive partition
- Now after selecting the source file you need to choose the destination to store your PST file
- Then in the Split PST File window you can select the criteria (By date or by email id) on which the PST file will be divided.
- At the end press OK to start the splitting procedure. The splitting procedure takes time according to the size of the file but with Split PST it goes really fast
After the Outlook PST file will be divided into several small PST Files, you can import the new files to use them appropriately. Remember that precaution is better than cure and if you are known that outlook PST is getting bigger then download Split PST and make everything normal and fast in Outlook.
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