Sunday, October 24, 2010

Recover Corrupt OST file due to Data Storage Device failure : Convert OST to PST

Microsoft Outlook client uses Offline Storage Table i.e. OST file to store mails and data on the local system that can be accessed and modified in offline mode. This OST file gets synchronized with the Exchange server to reflect the changes in OST file and in the mail server. However this OST file gets corrupted due to various reasons,related to hardware, software or human mistakes.

In this post I will discuss the scenario of Corrupt OST file due to Data Storage Device Failure.

Suppose you work on a system and use it to access your mails in offline mode using OST file, but unfortunately the hard drive of the system have some bad sectors and your Outlook OST file is stored in these sectors. Then it may be possible that you can read a part of the OST file or might be possible that the data you are reading is incorrect or full of errors.

To avoid such a situation it is recommended to use reliable hardware devices that can reduce the chances of data corruption. But once your OST file gets corrupted it will no longer be accessible with MS Outlook and all the data contained in it will lost.

The only solution of such a problem where you have a corrupt OST file due to storage device failure is to convert the corrupted or inaccessible OST file to PST file. The OST to PST conversion tool converts the OST file into PST file to make it accessible with MS Outlook. Once you get your OST file converted into PST file you can access all the data like mails, contacts, journals, notes, calender entries etc. Using MS Outlook. For the OST to PST Conversion you should use a third party OST to PST converter.

Many question arises when you have to choose a third party convert OST to PST tool.

Is the software is efficient much to convert all the content in OST file into PST file?
Does it make any changes in the OST file content?
Does it supports the version of windows or MS Outlook you have?
Can it convert password protected or encrypted content of the OST file?
Can I use it easily or need some technical expertise?

Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Desktop is the answer of all such questions. It is an efficient and easy to use OST to PST converter developed by stellar Information Systems to recover all the data contained in an OST file by converting it into PST file. It does not make any changes in the OST file during OST to PST conversion. Supports windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and Ms Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000. Need not to have any technical expertise to use it, easy to use as having Outlook resembling GUI.