Monday, June 4, 2012

Common OST Corruption Errors and Efficient Way to Rectify Them

There are times when your Outlook OST (Outlook Storage Table) file gets corrupt, or becomes inaccessible, or fails to synchronize due to various reasons like Exchange Server crash, virus infection, down Exchange Server, oversized OST file, etc. Generally, in all these situations you get an error message indicating the corruption of OST file. However, you can get over these error messages and thus get back the accessibility of your OST file with the help of an efficient third-party OST to PST converter software.

Let’s see common error messages which a user gets when his/her OST file gets corrupt or becomes inaccessible:

“Unable to expand the folder. The set of folders could not be opened. Errors could have been detected in the file xyz.ost. Quit all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox Repair Tool”
“Cannot open your default email folders. The file xyz.ost is not an offline folder file.”
“This message could not be sent. Try sending the message again later, or contact your network administrator. Error is [0x80040111-00000000-00000000]”
“Errors in background synchronization. In most cases, more information is available in a synchronization log in the Deleted Items folder.”
“Errors have been detected in the file. Quit all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox Repair Tool”
“Task 'Microsoft Exchange Server - Sending' reported error (0x8004060C): 'The message store has reached its maximum size. To reduce the amount of data in this message store, select some items that you no longer need, and permanently delete them.”


The best way to rectify any of the above mentioned errors and to get back your crucial Outlook data saved on OST file is use of third-party OST to PST converter software. These tools fix the damage or corruption in OST file and convert it to importable PST file. One of the efficient and highly recommended software in this category is OST to PST Converter.

The efficient software easily converts corrupt or orphaned OST file to easily installable PST file additionally it restores emails, attachments, contacts, notes, etc as well as preserves the formatting of the HTML and RTF messages. The OST 2 PST Converter software shows the preview of all recoverable items before converting the OST file to usable PST file. Moreover the software saves the converted OST file at your desired location.

Therefore, to analyze the working of the software, you can download its free demo version. The free demo version provides the preview of the converted user mailbox items as separate PSTs. To save these converted individual PST files, you have to register the product.