• Fix Corrupted Ost File

Repair Crashed MS Outlook A Complete Guide to Repair Corrupted Outlook PST & OST File (4.7 Based on 45 Reviews) Microsoft Outlook is one among the significant email clients of an organization. It is mainly used as an email application to synchronize user’s entire emails from the Web to Desktop. It contains Calendar, Contacts, Notes, etc.

Which are saved in PST as well as OST file format. Lets learn the possible reasons behind Outlook data files corruption and the most effective ways to repair corrupt Outlook OST & PST files. Microsoft Outlook Personal Storage Table (.pst) File PST or personal storage table is a proprietary file format.

It is used to manage user's personal information in Microsoft Outlook. Also, it is known as an Outlook data file, which contains all components i.e. Email messages, contacts, calendar, and other necessary items in the.pst format. It is the most reliable format, which helps the users to store the Outlook data in ANSI and Unicode format.

Repair the.pst file by typing the path and the file name of your personal folder file (.pst) or by click Browse to locate the file using the Windows file system. Click Start to begin the scanning. Click on Repair to process the corrupted file.

It's MIME type is application/vnd.ms-outlook. Moreover, it's default location varies based on Windows Operating System and MS Office versions. For Outlook 2007- C: Users%username% AppData Local Microsoft Outlook For Outlook 2010- C: Users%username% Documents Outlook. Types of Outlook PST File Error Message Possible error messages related to Outlook PST file corruption are listed below: • The file xxxx.pst is not a personal folders file. • Microsoft Outlook has encountered a problem and have to close it. We are sorry for the inconvenience. • The file xxxx.pst could not be found.

• Unable to display the folder. The file xxxx.pst could not be accessed. • xxxx.pst can not be accessed – 0x80040116. • File xxxx.pst could not be accessed.

Cyclic redundancy check. • Cannot expand the folder.

The set of folders cannot be opened. The file xxxx.pst cannot be opened. • Cannot move data items. The item could not be moved. It was either already moved or deleted, or access was denied. • Cannot move all items.

Could not Move the item. The original was either moved or deleted, or access was denied. Microsoft Outlook developers provides an inbuilt solution, which is known as Inbox Repair Tool or scanpst.exe. With this tool, users can easily repair corrupted Outlook data file. It first scans the PST file and then repair it.

Fix Corrupted Ost File

The steps to perform corrupted PST file recovery is discussed below: • First, you have to close the Microsoft Outlook. • Then, click on the Local Drive, go to the Program Files and select the Microsoft Office. Next, click on the SCANPST option.

• The pop-up Window will display, now, click the Browse button for selecting the Corrupted Outlook PST file which you want to repair and choose the Start button. • After selecting the Start option, the software will start to check the consistency of the specific file. • A new screen will appear, it will display location of.pst file, total number of folders and data items found in a PST file. Make sure that Make backup of scanned file before repairing option will be checked. After this, choose the Repair option to restore damaged or corrupted PST file. • After clicking on Repair option, the scanpst.exe tool will start showing Repair complete message. Press OK button.

Points to Remember • Before executing SCANPST operation, make a backup copy of PST File. • The above steps are also applicable for Microsoft Outlook 2010. What to do if SCANPST is not Found? If users are unable to find the SCANPST utility on the default location, then they might disable Show hidden files and folder option. Be sure that this option is enabled. For Windows 10, you have to check the following points: • Click on the Ask me anything option and enter the Folder Options and hit on the File Explorer options.

• Then, a new screen will be opened as File Explorer Options. From the Advance Settings, click on the View tab. After that, enable this Show hidden files, folders, and drives option and Press OK button. There are many circumstances in which scanpst.exe fails to repair Corrupted Outlook PST file which makes this application less efficient and reliable.