Tools to repair Microsoft Outlook PST File in various corruption situations

Tools to repair Microsoft Outlook PST File in various corruption situations

Generally one can face different issues with Microsoft Outlook application and may not be able to access the file items. You may encounter error messages like:

"error: unable to display the folder", "file pathfilename.pst could not be accessed etc".

The reason behind these errors can be that your Outlook PST file got corrupted. Microsoft Outlook PST file is Personal File Folder in which outlook stores all its objects like emails, attachments, contacts, calendar entries, tasks, notes, journals etc. There are various reasons due to which .pst file can get corrupted.

Some of the reasons behind PST corruption are: -

PST file size increases 2 GB limit (Outlook 2002 or Earlier Versions )

File header corruption due to unexpected shut down, power failure and virus infection

Corruption due to sharing of files over network

Interruption during PST compaction process

Solution:

Microsoft offers inbox repair tool called Scanpst which is inbuilt in outlook and automatically get installed in your system the first time when you install Microsoft Outlook.

Location of scanpst.exe file can be in one of the following folder.

C:Program FilesCommon FilesSystemMapi1033

C:Program FilesCommon FilesSystemMSMAPI1033

Note: Ensures that "show hidden files and folders" option is enabled

Although inbox repair tool can be used to repair corrupt pst file but this tool is not useful in all types of corruption situations and has certain limitations. If the contents of file are damaged, the utility may lead to further loss of data because it would likely destroy the data which it does not understand. One other limitation is that it can't recover PST files which have the size larger than 2GB. But there are other Third-Party Outlook pst tools which can be very useful to recover all pst objects in any corruption situation.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair Tool is the powerful tool which repair and restore all pst items. The software offers various unique features like selective folder recovery, advance scan, search within recovered items and so on. This PST tool is highly effective to repair damaged pst file and supports all versions of Outlook like Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000.

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