How to Fix PST File Over 20GB?

Microsoft Outlook is a prolific e-mail client, often used to carry out information in and around an organization. Other than information, Outlook can also be used to save many other useful attributes such as Email attachments, Contacts, Calendar Entries, Notes, Journals, and RSS Feeds etc. All these emails and other Outlook attributes are saved in a reliable table called as PST (Personal Storage Table). However, these PST files have their own storage size limit, which depends on the Outlook version user, is working on and the latest versions of MS Outlook application have as size limit of 20 GB.

Whenever a PST file gets oversized, Outlook takes long time to respond and open; Outlook users receive many error notifications such as “The file abc.pst has reached its maximum size. To reduce the amount of data in this file, select some items that you no longer need, then permanently (Shift + Del) delete them.”, “abc.pst cannot be accessed – 0×80040116.” , “Error in Background Synchronization”, “Reported Error 0x00040820” etc while accessing their PST file.

The error message stated above notifies, that the Outlook PST file which you were working on has reached its maximum size limit, thus you won’t be able to access your Microsoft Outlook application anymore. And, if you are an Outlook user with the above problem and looking forward for a solution on how to fix PST file over 20GB, then no need to get upset! You can easily repair PST file of 20GB that too within fraction of minutes.

Overcoming the problem using inbuilt Scanpst.exe Repair Tool:

To deal with PST file over 20GB, Microsoft provides an inbuilt repair utility called “Inbox Repair Tool (ScanPST.exe)” using which you can repair and recover Outlook PST file of 20gb. This tool is stored in MS Office folder of your system drive. Procedure to repair 20gb PST file is given below:

• Click ‘Start’ then ‘Run’
• Type the location path of the Inbox Repair Tool ( usually stored at drive name:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi\Locale ID\scanpst.exe) and then click “OK”
• Click on “browse” button to choose the oversized PST file
• Click on “Start” button to test the selected files for errors
• Choose the destination location to save the backup file
• At last initialize the repair process by pressing on “Repair” button, so that the oversized PST file can be repaired

Though, this mechanism fixes such inaccessible .pst file till some extend but repairing PST of 20GB using ScanPST.exe tool is not always successful. Hence, if your PST file is still corrupt even after following the above procedure, then you need to opt for a good PST repair tool that can help you repair PST file of 20GB or more.

Which Software to use for Repairing 20GB PST File?

Remo Repair Outlook (PST) is an advanced and reliable utility, which easily repairs damaged or corrupt or inaccessible PST file. The tool has the potential to get even password protected, large sized and encrypted PST file repaired without any complexity. More to this, the best thing about this product is that it automatically recovers all Outlook attributes such as Mails, Contacts, Notes, Calendar Entries, Attachments and many other elements while fixing the PST file. Adding to this, other than oversized PST file, the software also repairs PST file corruption after malware infection, application failure, Outlook up gradation, header corruption and so on. Furthermore, it fixes PST file created on all Outlook versions including Outlook 2000, 2003, 2007 and MS Outlook 2010. With the aid Remo Outlook PST Repair Software, you will be able to make the corrupted PST file accessible as the too provides the eminent Outlook error 0x800ccc0e solution. The software has simple user interface, which allows even a non technical user to fix Outlook PST file of 20GB or of any file size within a matter of minutes.

Find out how Remo Repair Outlook (PST) tool works to repair PST file of 20GB:

Step 1: In order to repair 20gb PST file and retrieve data from it, download Remo Repair Outlook PST software and install the software to your desktop / laptop computer. Run the installed application and stick to the main screen procedures. Three options will be displayed on the main screen “Open PST file”, “Find PST File” and “Outlook Profile”. Use “Open PST File” option to browse and open your 20GB PST file (OR) Use “Find PST File” option to search for your PST file. (OR) click on “Outlook Profile” option to choose specific Outlook profile (if you have multiple Outlook profile).

Figure A: Main Screen

Step 2: Choose the appropriate PST file scanning technique. Browse for the destination location and click on “Repair” button to initiate the process of repairing PST of 20GB.

Figure B: Fixing Process

Step 3: After the completion of 20GB PST file fixing process, the software shows the fixed PST file along with recovery of all the deleted mails and other Outlook elements in a Microsoft styled browser interface.

Figure C: Save Fixed PST File