MS Outlook is Microsoft provided personal information manager. Outlook can be installed in either of the two configurations: IMO (Internet Mail Only) mode or CW (Corporate Workgroup) mode. The file it uses is termed as personal folder or Personal Storage Table (PST) that locally receives and stores all email messages. As Outlook acts more like an email client, PST also stores journals, appointments, tasks, contacts and other objects. So PST corruption causes data loss. In order to correct the issue, we need Outlook PST Recovery.
Corrupt PST fails to be loaded, makes Outlook slow or returns some sorts of error messages while attempting to be used or accessed. In several cases, Outlook even fails to detect and find a damaged PST with the following error message:
“The file <drive>:\<path><file name>.pst could not be found.”
Note: Other than PST corruption, this error message may also generate if PST is located on a server and the server is unavailable at the time PST is attempted to be accessed. Thus before looking for any Outlook PST Repair solution, we need to check the availability of network server if PST is located there.
Outlook can’t open a damaged PST and we need to Repair PST.
Ø If PST contents are not important, we can simply create a new personal folder and rename the corrupt.
Ø We can use Inbox Repair Tool to correct file corruption. scanpst.exe is located at this location:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033
Inbox Repair Tool fails in situations when the corruption cause is external, for e.g. virus attack or network issues. In such cases, we can Repair PST using third party applications that scan, repair and restore damaged PST using scanning algorithms.
Outlook PST Repair applications are available in market for different Outlook versions. These software analyze the damaged PST and repair it. Due to the interactive interface they have, the applications can easily be used. Also the repair procedure is safe. Users can use the applications to Repair PST in any case of corruption, be it external or internal.
Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair scans and repairs corrupt PST, created with Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. This application can Repair PST using efficient scanning algorithms. It has an interactive interface plus safe and valuable data restoration features. Phoenix Outlook PST Repair supports Windows Vista, 2003, XP and 2000. The application can also split PST and recover lost PST password.
