[Morrisongb]

18 hours and running into an Outlook PST file repair.
There has been no "Overall Scanning Progress" (90% complete) in last 13 of 18 hours.
The repair is working in "Collecting PST Objects" phase.
Windows "Task Manager" performance tab indicates 60%+- CPU usage consistently.

Repairing with "Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair v 4.5".
Running Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3, Build 2600.
Repairing PST file from Outlook 2003, Version 11.0, build 8330.
PST file size = 1,045,500 kb.
A first file repair was attempted with the Microsoft system file "SCANPST", which failed. Subsequently began the current repair with "Stellar Phoenix".

How long do I wait this out before assuming the repair is failing or in a loop and push "STOP"?

Please understand I am a basic user, ignorant on computers; thank you for any guidance.

[uk_network]

That does sound a long time. 18 hours already spent might as well leave it running over the weekend and go have a beer.
If you have bought a license for the software then you will probably be entitled to some support by the manufacturers.

[wullieb1]

In simple terms nope.

It may be trying to repair errors that cannot be repaired.

What was the error with SCANPST???