Thursday, December 15, 2011

Usage of an effective measure to access data from a corrupt Outlook OST file


As, I was aware about the true fact that Microsoft Outlook is the only application that allows to access Outlook data
even in the absence of Internet connectivity. This is the reason I have installed a Microsoft Outlook in my laptop.
I am in field work, so I have to go on tours regularly. This is another reason why I have chosen an Outlook messaging application as my e-mail client. Many times it happens that while traveling, a problem of unreliable Internet connectivity arises. So, such kind of problematic situation can be handled easily where I cannot access my Outlook e-mails properly due to unreliable Internet connectivity through the use of an Outlook OST file. OST file is an Outlook data file that permits user to access Outlook data even if the Internet connectivity is no more. However, OST file is also prone to corruption. Before going to find a solution, let us discuss an error message that I have recently faced while using Microsoft Outlook:


Cannot open your default email folders. The file xxxx.ost is not an offline folder file.


Appearance of this error message has disturbed me a lot. All the data saved in the Outlook OST file became inaccessible. However, I tried to find out the cause and solution for it. Cause came out to be the corruption of Outlook data OST file. In order to get rid of OST corruption, I ran ‘Scanost.exe’ utility to get data of an OST file back, but not found any results. Data contained in Outlook OST file was precious to me as all my business related e-mails are there. Losing all those e-mails could fall me into serious problems. So, I started searching over the Internet and came to know about some third party tools. But, for making use of any of such tool, I have to pay money. Irrespective of this true fact, I prepared myself to invest for a third party tool because I was in a great need to recover all my lost data.

Through Internet, I came to know that in market, there are plenty of specialized software available in the market that repair OST file instantly. Moreover, such tools convert OST to PST as well. These third party software recover all the inaccessible data of OST file objects, such as contacts, attachments, appointments, tasks, journal, events, etc. Thus, after knowing about third party tools now my search started for a reliable third party OST to PST converter tool. After doing research for long, I found Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Desktop software. I found that this tool has numerous satisfied users.

Even after studying about this tool on Internet, firstly I used a demo version of the software. I was amazed after seeing its remarkable performance. I was glad, that in just a small amount of time the tool has performed OST PST conversion and recovered all the data from the corrupt OST file. But, in demo version, I was unable to save the recovered items. After complete satisfaction, I have purchased a full version of the software and recovered all my lost data from the OST file.