subject: Open Ost File Easily With Ost To Pst Conversion Tool [print this page] OST or Offline Storage Table is the storage file of MS Outlook. This offline storage folder allows the users to work offline and synchronizes the changes with the Exchange Server when they are connected with each other. The OST files are ideal for environments where network connectivity is limited or unreliable. Besides, the OST files let the users to work in Server Downtime situations also. The users may face a situation when the .ost files get corrupted or damaged which prevents them to be opened. The users may open the files but cannot synchronize them with Exchange Server due to the corruption in the OST files. The system may encounter various synchronization error messages shown in the synchronization log. The errors depict that your OST file is corrupt, or one or more email messages in the OST file are damaged and the synchronization process cannot correct them.
There are several issues which affect the .ost files and make them corrupted. Some of them are summarized below:
Hardware issues:
1.Data storage device failure
2.Networking connection failure
3.Power failure
Software issues:
1.Incorrect file system recovery
2.Virus or other malicious software
3.Terminate outlook abnormally
4.Synchronization error
5.Deficiencies in outlook programs
If you cannot open your OST files or your OST files get corrupted then you can use the Inbox Repair tool that will diagnose and repair the errors in the file. This tool only scans the .ost files to determine the file structure. If the file structure is not seen intact then this tool resets file structure and rebuilds the headers.
The best possible way to open OST in outlook is to convert it to PST file and use accordingly. For this conversion, the users need to use an efficient OST to PST conversion tool. This technique helps the users to resolve minor to severe corruption in .ost files while opening them into .pst format. Further, this process does not affect the original formatting or the contents of the OST file while converting it to equivalent PST file. Since, MS Outlook cannot access an orphan OST file so the file needs to be converted to corresponding PST file to read the emails, notes, contacts, tasks and other elements stored in it.
