Outlook is a popular email client which most of the people prefer at their work to have an effective communication and information sharing. Along with emails it handles other attributes like Contacts, Tasks, Meeting Requests, Appointments, etc. Since all the attributes of Outlook deals with information related tasks, it is mandatory for users to store all the data, for which it uses a database file with an extension called .pst. PST (Personal Storage Table) file acts as a local storage folder for Outlook to store all the emails and other data. Outlook stores all the information in a single .pst file.
Most of the Outlook users often end up with corruption of .pst file. Since it is a complex database file, even if it encounters a minor error, the chances of corruption are pretty more. Once the .pst file gets corrupt, Outlook freezes its access and may also leads to critical data loss. If you are facing such problem, then here is a solution. You can easily fix the corrupted .pst file by using an inbox repair tool. This article explains how to repair the corrupt .pst file and to recover deleted emails from Outlook. Prior to discussing the solution, let us have a look at the reasons for .pst file corruption which might help you to avoid the corruption of .pst file in future. A few common scenarios where the .pst file may get corrupt are here.
- While accessing your emails, you might come across with some improperly protected email servers, which may easily allow some virus or malware to penetrate through them. If you receive any email from such servers your .pst file may get infect by the virus. This may corrupt the contents of .pst file and it becomes inaccessible.
- The size of the .pst file is limited in different versions of Outlook, in Outlook 2000 and previous versions it is 2GB, Outlook 2003 and later versions have 20GB and in Outlook 2010 it is extended to 50GB. Since there is no any tool provided with Outlook to handle overflow of data, if the size of .pst file exceeds the limited size, Outlook fails to handle it and enters some garbage data, which may leads to corruption of .pst file.
- Sometimes due to operating system crash or virus infection, the entire file system of your computer gets corrupt. At this point of time you might opt for a tool or en expert to repair the corrupted file system. During repair process, due to file system damage the .pst file may become inaccessible.
In order to prevent the loss of information due to corruption of .pst file, it is advised to take a regular backup of .pst file, which will always keep you safe in terms of your critical information.
In worst case scenario, if you face .pst file corruption without its backup, then the only option left is to repair the corrupted .pst file by using some .pst repair tool. You can also try with your default tool scanpst.exe, but there are some other third party tools which can do a better job than scanpst.exe.
Remo Repair Outlook (PST) is one such popular .pst repair tool which not only repairs but also recovers the data from corrupted .pst file. This free to try software repairs PST files created on Outlook 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010 and it also supports OST files. Download the demo version of the software by clicking on the following link http://www.remosoftware.com/remo-recover-windows.exe .