Nov 21, 2014

Reliable Methods to Fix Outlook PST Corruption

PST Repair Solution
MS Outlook is not only an email client instead it is a complete information management tool that manages and maintains calendar tasks and to do lists. All the data that you see in your Outlook mailbox is stored on the hard drive of your computer in a single file known as Outlook Personal Storage Table (PST) file. This file contains all your emails, calendar entries, tasks, notes, etc. and with time Outlook PST file increases in size as more and more information is been added to it. In our daily routine while working with Outlook we usually face issue like

Slow Outlook 
Outlook Hangs or freeze
Outlook Email stops responding

All above situation are happening due to large sized PST file. Let me brief out the size of Outlook PSR file

MS Outlook PST file size according to version
  •  MS Outlook 2002:  2GB                 
  •  MS Outlook 2003 & 2007: 20GB                        
  •  MS Outlook 2010 & 2013: Up to 50GB PST files
How large size PST file creates hindrance in Outlook productivity
Due to their physical appearance on local hard drive and size limitation, Outlook PST files seldom encounter corruption. In case if corruption appears in PST file then user must face a situation when there is big loss of data. Although several other reasons also make PST file corrupt like:

Virus infection
Oversized PST file 
Hard drive crash
Sharing over networks 

While dealing with Outlook PST file we usually ignore above stated reasons but it’s a reality. User should not worry in any such situations, as there are some really efficient methods to overcome PST corruption. Mentioned below are some of the efficient methods to perform PST repair: 

Inbox Repair Tool: MS Outlook is designed a inbuilt utility to help the users who are suffering with the problem of corrupt or damage Outlook PST file. The ‘Inbox Repair Tool’ gets installed robotically with the installation of MS Outlook with exe ‘Scanpst.exe’ files. You can use it just by double clicking the exe file. Mentioned below is the list of locations of the ‘Scanpst.exe’ file that you find in different Outlook versions:

In Outlook 2013: ‘<disk drive>\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15’. 
InOutlook2010: ‘<disk drive>\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14’ or ‘<disk drive>\Program Files\Microsoft Office(x86)\Office14’.

After fetching your ‘scanpst.exe’ file, follow these steps to run this utility:

A Step ladder to Run ‘Inbox Repair Tool’:

First, close MS Outlook.
Click ‘Start’ and then depending upon your Operating System point to ‘Find’ or ‘Search’.
After searching your scanpst.exe file double click on it to open the tool.
Type the path and the name of your PST file or click ‘Browse’ button to locate it in your Windows system.
And then click ‘Start’.

With these simple steps of the tool, you can repair your corrupt PST file and restore all the data. However, this tool is unable to repair the PST files that are larger than 2GB

Solution if Inbox Repair Tool Fails

PST2GB.exe Utility: User can download pst2gb.exe free utility provided by Microsoft. The pst2gb.exe utility reduces the size of your large PST file and truncate file data. When you found file size is lesser than 2GB then use scanpst.exe tool to repair corrupt PST file. However, the reduced PST file with pst2gb.exe tool has high chances of data loss as it is being reduced by deleting data. Therefore, you should be careful before using this utility.

Solution if PST2GB.exe Utility Fails

Professional PST Recovery Tool: The easiest and the safest way that a repair your damage PST files in all cases of corruption is professional PST recovery tool. Professional tools of this category repair corrupt PST file and restore their data without any damage. One recommended tool to repair corrupt PST is Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair

Depending upon your requirement, you can opt for any of the above-mentioned resolutions to repair your corrupt PST file and restore your data. Here are some resources that help you to get back your PST files. I found it somewhere and found it worthy to use.

Resources:

                                        

Repair PST file in Outlook 2010

                         
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