In MS Outlook data or records like notes, contacts
, calendars, journals tasks, appointments etc are stored in the form of PST files. Corruption of PST files is very common. To repair it you can use PST scan which is created by Microsoft to fix and repair the Outlook PST files.
If your PST file gets corrupted, MS Outlook contains a tool that is capable to correct the trouble without moving to a copy of backup. The PST scan is installed on the hard drive while installing MS Outlook.
In MS Outlook the size increment of PST files also leads to the corruption of files. Sometimes PST files get corrupted by some general causes, such as:
Accidental removal or deletion of PST files.
Attacks of virus
Hard drive failure
Corruption occurred in MS Outlook
Improper shut down of the system
Exceeding size limit of PST files etc.
Additionally it shows different types of errors on your computer screen such as:
Failure of scanpst.exe with critical error: 80040818.
Outlook PST can't be accessed 080040116.
Inbox Repair Tool stops working.
The server could not be found or server termination error: 0x800ccc0d.
Time out error 0x8004210a.
An unidentified error has occurred 080040119.
PST exceeds the size limit.
How to run the scanpst
PST scan makes it easy to repair and to recover the PST files. To repair PST files it's quite easy to run scanpst over the computer; you just need to know the basic procedure for using this, which is mentioned below:
1. Exit MS Outlook and close it until the steps are finished.
2. Put all files of PST on the system.
3. Create copies of backup of PST files.
4. Scanpst provides result of scan in details.
5. Now it will inquire about the location of your PST files.
6. Click on the start button for the scanning.
7. Choose the files for creating scanned file backup before repairing.
8. Click repair button to start repairing of files.
These simple steps for repairing PST files are very straightforward. Anyone can handle and operate it without any extra knowledge.