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Offline Storage File (OST) of Microsoft Exchange Server delivers utmost functionality to its users. OST files allow the user to work even if they are not connected to the network. However, users are often confined to errors in Outlook OST files. For some or the other reason they get prone to damage or corruption.
Reasons of OST file damage:
The prime reason when users are unable to access the Offline Storage Files (OST) are, accidental deletion of emails, virus attacks, database corruption or exchange server crashing. The common error which the user can witness is:
Cannot open the default email folder, the file xxx is not an Offline folder file'
This error appears when the Outlook OST file is damaged or corrupted. Users are not able to open any of their important emails, notes, contacts, tasks, appointment and journals.Offline storage files are similar to the Exchange Server user mailbox which is stored locally on the client drive. Whenever any sort of error is raised user have recreate the profile. But at times, despite of new profile creation users are unable to access the OST files; they have to be converted into PST. Thereafter, data can be accessed by the users easily.
To perform the conversion process users have to make use of the third party OST to PST conversion tool. The tool is devised specifically to recover entire items from the OST files by converting them into accessible PST files.
The Kernel for OST to PST is devised with easy to use functionality and instant OST recovery options. The tool performs a through scanning of inaccessible OST file and then locates the data successfully.
Find below some of the exclusive features of the tool:
Perform flawless and efficient conversion of inaccessible OST files to PST.
Make recovery for permanently deleted emails and other data.
The tool maintains software integrity and authenticity.
The tool allows the user to save recovered emails in PST, EML and MSG file format.
The tool makes recovery for emails with attachments, images, text as well as formatting.
Make recovery for encrypted OST files as well.
Thus, in cases when there is an urgent need to recover the OST file data presence of OST to PST conversion become mandatory. Users have all the ease of retrieving their precious data and save them at desired location. As the tool is made compatible with MS Exchange versions 5.0, 5.5, 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2010 users do not have to worry about the compatibility needs.
Free evaluation version available:
To conduct complete analysis of the tool users can first download the demo version which is available free of cost. Convert OST to PST tool works similar to the complete version but limits the user to save the data. To save the recovered data users have to make purchase for the complete version of the software.
