Hello,

  I have a very large PST file in Outlook 2013 [32-bit] (32Gb and growing daily). Is there any way, besides compressing it, to archive everything in the PST file, and start with a new one every 6-9 months? I have allot of sub-folders (with allot of rules (about 92)), and I have allot of contacts in my contact folder. Is there any way where I can keep all my rules, contacts, calendars, and start a new PST file, but  I still want to have access to my older PST file(s)? Hopefully, this will prevent me from having a corrupt PST (main) file, and if it did become corrupt, it wouldn't take all day to fix it. I would appreciate any and all help. This is my last resort.

My setup:

MoBo: ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe

Intel Pentium 4 & 3.0Ghz, 2Gb Kingston DDR ram, GPU: AMD Raedon 4860HD (2Gb), Acer 23" LED monitor

Running Windows 7 Ult SP1, MS Office 2013 Professional Plus.

I know this is an OLD system, but it hasn't failed me yet (knock on wood!).

Thank You.

David

• Moved by Dave PatrickMVP Thursday, April 11, 2013 12:49 AM

Hi!

Having such a big pst file size will definitely bring you into trouble and if you don't want to compress the pst file then it will be better to split pst file. As you said, you want to have a pst file for 6-9 months the better you break your pst file in that way.

SysTools split PST, you can search for it or find it here, will work perfectly in your case as it has several options by which you can break your 32 GB and more pst file size into smaller parts and this will consequently reduce the pst file size. Also, you will be safe from the chances of file corruption. 

• Edited by Andyy247 Wednesday, May 22, 2013 6:51 AM

How much email data do you receive each month in terms of MB?
How far back is your current pst-file going?
What is the reported combined size of all your folders within Outlook?

You can use AutoArchive to automatically move older items to a separate pst-file and decide to archive it to a new pst-file when a certain size or time span is reached.
File-> Options-> Advanced->AutoArchive Settings...
By default, AutoArchive already skips your Contacts and Calendar folders.

Doing some Spring-cleaning could be helpful too:
Tips For Cleaning Up Your Mailbox

How much email data do you receive each month in terms of MB?
How far back is your current pst-file going?
What is the reported combined size of all your folders within Outlook?

You can use AutoArchive to automatically move older items to a separate pst-file and decide to archive it to a new pst-file when a certain size or time span is reached.
File-> Options-> Advanced->AutoArchive Settings...
By default, AutoArchive already skips your Contacts and Calendar folders.

Doing some Spring-cleaning could be helpful too:
Tips For Cleaning Up Your Mailb

Im also with the same doubt. I could not find the options at auto-archive for size and/or time to create different PST files. My customer is affraid that if he auto archive, the .pst file will reach his limit size and get corrupted, as happened with the Outlook2003.

He wanted to know if auto-archive automatically create a new PST file once the PST file reaches a certain limit or if the PST file, now on Outlook2013, have no size limit.

If there is a way to configure this, where can I find it?

Im also with the same doubt. I could not find the options at auto-archive for size and/or time to create different PST files. My customer is affraid that if he auto archive, the .pst file will reach his limit size and get corrupted, as happened with the Outlook2003.

He wanted to know if auto-archive automatically create a new PST file once the PST file reaches a certain limit or if the PST file, now on Outlook2013, have no size limit.

If there is a way to configure this, where can I find it?

ANSI pst-files are limited to 2GB in all versions of Outlook.
Unicode pst-files are limited to 50GB in Outlook 2013.
See: Am I in ANSI or UNICODE format?

AutoArchive will not automatically archive to a new pst-file; It archives to the pst-file you have it configured to.

To split your pst-file based on the date see: Splitting a pst-file into yearly archives

If you don't want to compress your .pst file, then why don't you split it into parts?

Read this blog to know how to break or divide an oversized PST file into multiple parts.

You can use any option from these: Archive, Import and Export or Move to Folder.

Thanks.

• Edited by Joyce N. Johnson Wednesday, October 23, 2013 11:41 AM spelling error

If you don't want to compress your .pst file, then why don't you split it into parts?

Read this blog to know how to break or divide an oversized PST file into multiple parts.

You can use any option from these: Archive, Import and Export or Move to Folder.

Thanks.

Thank you for the information. Will this also work with Outlook 2013 [32-bit]?

I'm not sure with this, but you can still try the steps shown in the blog. Make sure you take backup of the .pst files before using any manual technique. Though they are safe, but it might be risky.

Thanks.

Read this blog to know how to break or divide an oversized PST file into multiple parts.

The blog you've shared above is no longer available. It has been redirected to a new source: http://wordpress.semnaitik.com/2013/06/14/split-pst-file-into-multiple-smaller-parts/

Thanks and best regards.