subject: How To Repair And Restore Inaccessible Outlook Pst File [print this page] www.repair-outlook-pst.com Are you unable to access Microsoft Outlook PST file? Are you getting corruption errors, while accessing a PST file? Well, PST file corruption is a quite common situations, which may occur to any PST file. Corruption renders the Outlook PST file inaccessible and cause serious data loss situations. At this point, you must have an updated backup to restore PST file from it. In case the backup is not valid or updated, PST repair software becomes need of hour.
In a practical scenario of PST file corruption, you may come across the below error message when you try to open the Outlook PST file or when you start MS Outlook 2000 application:
Outlook.pst can not be accessed 0x80040116.
When you try to fix this problem using Inbox Repair Tool or Scanpst.exe utility, it does not resolve any problem. The utility reports that there is no error in the file.
Cause
You may come across this behavior of Microsoft Outlook application, if any of the below conditions are true:
1)The index of Outlook PST file, which is the repository of all your emails, notes, contacts, tasks, journal, attachments, appointments, and other personal information, is damaged.
2)The PST file is corrupt. Corruption can be caused by numerous reasons, such as application malfunction, improper system shutdown, virus infection, user errors, and more.
Solution
In order to repair Outlook PST file in such critical situations, use any of the below methods:
Truncate PST file- If the problem is caused by large sized PST file and PST file corruption, you should truncate the PST file by removing unwanted data from it. You can do it easily using '2 GB Truncation' utility.
Run Scanpst.exe Utility-
1)Click Start button and click Search.
2)Type scanpst.exe in search box and click Search button.
3)Double click Scanpst.exe in search results, click Browse to select PST file.
4)Click Start in Scanpst.exe dialog box.
5)Click Repair after completion of scanning process.
6)Click OK when you get 'Repair Complete' message and reboot your system.
If none of the above methods can repair PST files, you need to opt for third-party repair applications.
The PST repair software come equipped with advanced scanning techniques to methodically scan entire PST file and extract all inaccessible data from it. They are totally safe and easy to use.
