Archive.pst is Corrupted!

To save from the data loss issue in Outlook application it is required to make backup of PST file regularly and keep it safe for long period of time. But here issue emerges regarding size of the PST file. So, old mail should be archived to decrease the size of the PST file. In this method all the old mails are maintained through an Archive.pst file. Path of the source to these messages changed to Archive.pst. Even after this, outlook continues to receive the new email message. This is taken as the safe and good move to accelerate the outlook performance. This will also avoid the corruption issue.




Outlook user archives the Outlook PST file and stores the resulting file on network drive. You can transfer archive.pst to your computer. In most of the cases when user try to access this archive.pst file, it fails to open and display the error message-----




“The file drive_letter:\archive.pst is not a personal folders file.”




This above mentioned error message is the indication of corruption in file and it makes unable to open file and any other items stored in it. Now the file doesn't have the valid personal storage folder structure.




It is true that Outlook PST file is not supported over any network link. This is designed for local messages store. Network access driven methods are used by network links which is just reverse of the method used by PST file. When the network traffic is not appropriate, possibilities are catching errors. This is the vital reason for the corruption in Archive.pst file. If you use the same archive file for long period of time then there are chances of being corrupted.




After this file get inaccessible and chances of losing data stored in it. Here you need to repair corrupted PST file and for this you can take help from Inbox repair tool which is the inbuilt tool with Microsoft Outlook application.




However this is not the efficient tool to repair corrupted PST file when corruption is severe and you come up with the same corrupted file. But you can use the professional third party PST file repair tool which is qute safe and efficient to repair corrupted archive.pst file in any condition of corruption.




Use this tool for safe repair and restoration of file.