Most of the MS Outlook users are familiar with the issue associated with increasing size of PST File. Maintenance of the file becomes difficult, which will slower the overall performance of Outlook thereby increase the chance of corruption. The only resolution to protect the PST file from being corrupted due to large-sized PST file is to split it into smaller segments. The Split PST Tool Review will be describing way through which user can reduce the PST file size.
Significance of Splitting PST file
With every versions of MS Outlook, the size limit of the PST file supported is different. Previously, only 2 GB of ANSI-format PST file was supported in Outlook 2002. All the later versions of Outlook come with UNICODE-format PST file and supports up to 50 GB storage. However, 20 GB is the maximum default size limit defined for PST file. Therefore, the performance issue arises when the size of the file exceeds or reaches this limit. This bulk-sized PST files needs to be split into smaller segments of equal size.
How to Reduce Size of Large PST File
As we know that, MS Outlook does not provide any direct utility to split the large PST file. However, a workaround can be used, i.e. Archive Feature that comes with MS Outlook. User can select the PST file that needs to be split and go to FileInfoMailbox CleanupArchive, now enter a date to archive the items older than the specified date. Set the destination path of the archive file and click on OK. Nevertheless, this method may be difficult for some non-technical users and it does not support multiple splitting options.
One reliable way to shrink the large-sized PST file is by using a third party tool, Split PST Tool. It allows user to split the PST file easily according to date, size, year or folder. The tool has been designed to support splitting of both UNICODE as well as ANSI PST file to overcome 2GB size limit. It not only splits all the items in PST such as emails, contacts, calendars, etc. but also imposes no limitation on the PST file size.
Conclusion
The Split PST Tool Review has been focused to help users of MS Outlook resolve the issue of increasing PST file size. The significance of reducing the size of PST file has been described along with methods to shrink the large PST file to avoid corruption.