Keepsafe 2.0 and pst files

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I'm currently using Keepsafe 1.95[ b].014 on Vista 32bit. It has problems backing up Outlook's pst files (currently using Outlook 2007). When I first started using the very first versions of Keepsafe on XP, it kept revisions of pst files ok, now it does not.

If I make changes to the file settings, it creates a file. If I right click the pst file and select Keepsafe it will create a file. But during normal operation of Outlook, downloading e-mail, deleting old e-mail etc, Keepsafe does nothing.

I thought it was supposed to save all file revisions? Is there something about pst files which prevents this?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

How large is your PST?

Have you ever seen a revision stored using Outlook 2007?

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm pushing the 2gb limit for my pst.  (:(  I exclude it now.  :)
Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
File size is 240Mb.

Interestingly, since I selected create a backup by right clicking the pst file, it's created some revisions. I've had Outlook open the last ten minutes or so while it downloads me e-mail. It has revisions now, 11 seconds ago, 2 minutes ago, 4 minutes... 5 minutes... 6 minutes... 8 minutes. What on Earth is it doing? First I get none, then I get dozens. It's now creating files every couple of minutes.

My head is going to explode...
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Its creating two types of file:
One is "Modified by.... ....INSEARCHPROTOCOLHOST"
The other is "Modified by....  .... in Outlook"

Why the two types of file? And why is it saving numerous files of 0KB in size? I set it to not save files smaller than 20KB.

Sigh...
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Bumps-a-daisy
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
KeepSafe has, as at 16th April, stopped backing up pst files again...

As it is at the moment, KeepSafe is too unreliable to be of use.

I currently have Outlook.pst on a separate partition, so it's easy to have Acronis keep a daily backup, but it's not ideal.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

PST files are in general far too large to backup using KeepSafe especially given the frequency with which they are updated sometimes.

A realtime backup utility like KS is not really designed to do what you want it to do.  You just need a simple automatic scheduled backup every day.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Outlook backup is limited. It overwrites the previous version every time it runs. Not really what I want. Using Acronis once a day is better, you can script that to rename files when it runs a backup.

PST files are in general far too large to backup using KeepSafe especially given the frequency with which they are updated sometimes.
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