Wednesday, April 18, 2012

OST to PST Converter- Resolve for OST file corruption

It happens often that the MS Outlook users loose connection with the Exchange Server. Several times users need to work from client side, from home or out of office. This is where they loose connectivity with the MS Exchange Server. But their work never halts.

That is the beauty of Outlook OST file that allows its users to work in the offline mode, ie, in the absence of Microsoft Exchange. Outlook OST file privileges the users to work on their user mailbox items in a non Exchange environment.

However, there are many chances of OST file corruption that will make all the data unusable. The OST file once corrupted will not synchronize with the Exchange Server and the data stored in the file will remain inaccessible. A number of error messages are encountered by the Outlook users when their OST file gets corrupt. No matter how many attempts they make to access the file, the same error message will flash on the screen.

Once corrupted, the OST file in question needs to be repaired using Outlook OST Recovery measures. Microsoft has provided a free inbuilt utility Scanost.exe that can scan and fix the OST file when it becomes corrupt. Common causes of OST file corruption are virus attack, synchronization error, hardware or software malfunction, abrupt Outlook termination, power outage and more.

Though some of the known factors behind Outlook OST corruption can be avoided, but there are several other known factors that can render your OST file corrupt and beyond usage. Scanost.exe ca help in Outlook OST Recovery by repairing the corrupt or damaged OST file. But, there is a catch.

Scanost deleted the corrupted data from the OST file and rebuilds it. This creates a huge possibility of vital data loss, such as important emails or contacts. Moreover, Scanost is not able to recover data when the degree of corruption is quite high. At times like this, third party OST to PST Converter tools can help recover all the user mailbox data from the corrupt OST file.

A reliable utility is “OST to PST Converter”. The software can recover all the emails, contacts, calendar entries, notes, attachments, appointments, tasks and journals from the corrupt or damaged OST file and creates a new usable PST file at a user specified location. This adroit utility supports MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. The software preserves the data formatting while conversion. The log report of the entire process is generated and can be used for future reference.