subject: Repair Outlook PST files [print this page] Repair Outlook PST files Repair Outlook PST files
PST files are used in Microsoft Outlook to store outlook related data like schedulers, calendars, journals, signatures, stationeries, templates, Outlook today Settings, RSS feeds, rules & alerts. Microsoft Outlook enables multiple users to have a common inbox. Inbox failure is the most common scenario faced by many users. There are many reasons that cause inbox failure. They can be due to
virus attack
Corruption caused inside the .pst file header
Corruption caused due to 2 GB .pst file size limit
Corruption caused due to compacting of .pst file
If your .pst file is corrupted then you will not be able to access you inbox box as well as the data stored in your Outlook. In order to access these inaccessible data you need to repair the corrupt or damaged.pst files in Outlook. To repair inbox you can either use inbox repair tool (scanpst.exe) or outlook pst repair recovery program. The benefit of using inbox repair tool is, this is preloaded free application from Microsoft Outlook that is ready to use. Inbox repair tool is stored in 'C:Program FilesCommon FilesSystemMSMAPI1033'. If you are not able to locate this file you can even download this from the internet and copy it to the folder mentioned above. Close the Outlook before you run the program. The disadvantage with Outlook repair tool is that, sometimes it cannot repair corrupted files completely.
Using email recovery application
Using recovery application you can repair and recover Outlook .pst files. The ability of the utility varies from product to product. You can evaluate the capability of the application by using the free demo version of the tool. Follow the steps to repair and recover .pst file from Outlook
Install email recovery program to a healthy drive
Attach the drive from which you have lost data to the healthy drive as a secondary drive
Run the software to restore and repair .pst files
Save the recovered .pst files to the healthy drive.
