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title: I get “Out of memory” error when repairing a PST/OST file. What to do?
description: "This error means your PST/OST file is too large and the memory space in your system is insufficient for recovering it. In general, this error occurs on some low-end computers, and the PST/OST file is larger than 50GB. Here are…"
url: "https://www.datanumen.com/knowledgebase/i-get-out-of-memory-error-when-repairing-a-pst-ost-file-what-to-do/"
updated: "2021-05-14"
category: Using Products / DataNumen Outlook Repair/Exchange Recovery
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# I get “Out of memory” error when repairing a PST/OST file. What to do?

This error means your PST/OST file is too large and the memory space in your system is insufficient for recovering it. In general, this error occurs on some low-end computers, and the PST/OST file is larger than 50GB.

Here are some solutions for "Out of memory" error:

1. Install our product on another computer with better hardware configurations and try again. It is recommended to use a 64bit computer with more than 64GB memory and 64bit Outlook installed to do the task. For 64bit Outlook, you can use 64bit DataNumen Outlook Repair/DataNumen Exchange Recovery which will fully utilize the memory in your system.
2. Make sure there are enough free disk spaces in your C: drive. Windows will use the disk spaces in C: drive as virtual memory. If there are not enough free disk spaces on C: drive, then you will also encounter such a problem. It is recommended to keep at least 100GB free disk spaces on your C: drive.
3. Or you can use [DataNumen File Splitter](https://www.datanumen.com/file-splitter/) to split your PST/OST file into several pieces, each for about 10GB size. Then run DataNumen Outlook Repair/DataNumen Exchange Recovery to repair these PST/OST files one by one or in batch via the "Batch Repair" function. However, with this solution, you may lose some data when splitting your PST/OST file and some emails are in the boundary of the file, but you can prevent "Out of memory" error occurs and recover most of the data.