What next when Inbox repair tool hangs?

Inbox repair tool (scanpst.exe) provided by Microsoft Outlook allow users to repair corrupt PST file and recover emails, folders and other .pst items. Scanpst.exe is single executable file and comes with installation. This is actually a hidden file. Tool finds out error in .pst file and then corrects it to repair. Sometimes it also fails in repairing corrupt PST file exhibiting different symptoms. Whenever PST file get corrupted, you won’t be able to access this file whenever you try to access you got error messages and it needs to be repair to make it accessible and to save out all items stored in this file.




At this moment using inbox repair tool is the best option to repair corrupted file. Sometimes after locating corrupted pst file when user try to click on “repair” button tool hangs and won’t able to repair and recover corrupted file and leaves you with the same file. When user check the Windows Task Manager to know the status of repair process, S/He finds that application is not responding. At every repeated attempts user find the same situation and .pst file remains in the same corruption state.




Why Inbox repair tool hangs—




Tool corrects error that exists in the internal data structure of PST file but it fails when there is sever error in data. So if there is corruption in header file tool try to repair it but if the corruption is sever and it is in data then it fails to repair and hang up. Beside this other reasons are corrupted .pst file size is more than 2GB or it might be possible that scanpst.exe not installed properly.




Solution When Inbox repair tool hangs




In some cases when pst file is large file then, tool takes some time to repair it so wait for some time to see repair process once again but if the state is unrecoverable then leaves it and follow the solution listed below.



• Reduce the size of .pst file by using truncate tool. Tool reduce the 2GB PST file size by deleting some amount of data from pst file so beware that you are going to lose some important data from your file.


• You can also try to see the repair process on other computer or by reinstalling outlook application to see might it works.


• Try to delete some unwanted emails or other items from pst file.


• If both solutions not worked then you can use the simple and perfect solution that is using third party inbox repair tool which is the professional and powerful tool to repair corrupt pst file. It wonot solve the problem of inbox repair tool hangs but it will solve the problem of corruption in pst file. Unlike Outlook Inbox repair tool this tool is designed with professional algorithm which can repair corrupt file due to any reasons.



Third party inbox repair tool safely repair corrupt PST file and save out all data items stored in it. This is compatible all almost all versions of Microsoft Outlook application.