salvage an Outlook 2000 pst file?

My Outlook 2000 pst file is about 2.1 GB. A little over the 2 GB limit. Outlook crashes before I can delete anything to make it smaller.

I’ve tried the PST truncate and PST repair tools from Microsoft but they seem not to help.

Are any of the PST repair programs ($50-225) out there any good?

Your experiences and advice would be much appreciated!