Expand MS Outlook Storage?

[Raizinman]

I’m using Windows 7 with MSOffice 2010. I send and receive emails with medium to large attachments. I need these attachments kept with the email and prefer to keep everything in Outlook. I get the ‘out of space’ error in Outlook occasionally. Is there any way to expand the Outlook storage? I have lots of RAM and HD space. Any toggle or switch I can adjust to get more storage?

 

[sm625]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832925

 

[Gooberlx2]

How big is your OST or PST now?

Consider making different archive PSTs by year (or half year, quarter year, month, whatever...) and moving the appropriate emails to each.

i.e.
2012.pst or Q1-2012.pst or 1H-2012.pst or 01-2012.pst, etc...

 

[Raizinman]

How big is your OST or PST now?

Consider making different archive PSTs by year (or half year, quarter year, month, whatever...) and moving the appropriate emails to each.

i.e.
2012.pst or Q1-2012.pst or 1H-2012.pst or 01-2012.pst, etc...

My current PST file is: 1,904,657. If I divide them out like you mention, can I search them all in outlook in one search? I need to be able to do that.

 

[pauldun170]

My current PST file is: 1,904,657. If I divide them out like you mention, can I search them all in outlook in one search? I need to be able to do that.

Do it all the time and searches span psts

 

[Raizinman]

Do it all the time and searches span psts

Walk me through a bit: In Outlook in Account Settings, under Data Files (Outlook Data Files) I have:

Personal Folders C:\OutlookPSTFile\Outlook.pst

There is a check mark to the left of this.

There are options to Add, I suppose another data file. Do I just create a new one and call it perhaps Outlook051812.pst?

Do I leave the old one there too? Does the new file get the checkmark?

And I have to ask again: All my files will be there and searchable?

Does this just give me another 2Gig of outlook data storage?

 

[Fardringle]

If you are getting space limit notifications at 2GB, then you are using the old (Outlook 2000 and older) PST file format.

Create a new PST file in Office 2010 and it can store as much as 50GB in the single file. Make that new file your default email delivery location and move everything from the old file to the new one.

Or just create separate files by year/subject/etc. as recommended above.

 

[Raizinman]

Create a new PST file in Office 2010 and it can store as much as 50GB in the single file. Make that new file your default email delivery location and move everything from the old file to the new one.

OK, I can create a new PST file in Office 2010, but am now stuck on how to move everything from the old file to the new file? This is just one file? Do I just rename it? Do I just drag and drop it on the new file? I'm stuck here.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Yep, drag n drop