oh, and if import fails, see if any tools here will recover it.
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/scanpst.asp

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"Isaac Grover" wrote in message
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Good evening from Wisconsin,

I have a user that uses Outlook 2003 on Windows XP Professional to
access his POP3 account and over time his PST file has grown to just a
hair over 4GB. Now when he starts up Outlook, he receives an error
"Errors have been detected in the file file_path. Quit all mail-
enabled applications, and then use the Inbox Repair Tool." Using the
inbox repair tool doesn't work and cropping the PST before using the
inbox repair tool still doesn't work. The file system is NTFS.

I also copied the PST to a standalone test machine running Windows XP
Professional with NTFS, and used it as a data file for a test profile
I set up in Outlook 2003, with the same error. Doing the same on a
different test machine running Windows XP Professional and Outlook
2007 also yields the same error.

Are there any chances of recovering his older mail?

Thank you in advance,
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Isaac Grover, Owner
Quality Computer Services of River Falls, Wisconsin
Web: http://www.qcs-rf.com