MS Outlook inbox repair tool—best one to repair corrupted PST file!

Introduction: Outlook PST corruption is the common problem faced by most of the MS outlook user. To fix this problem you are provided with two tools which come with Outlook i.e- Microsoft Inbox repair tool and Oversized PST and OST crop tool.




Microsoft Outlook user often faces the issue of corruption in PST file. After this they are unable to access MS Outlook or PST file which is corrupted. You normally encounter corruption issue due to many reasons like virus attack, software malfunction, power failure, improper use of PST file, PST file size increases or when you upgrade MS Outlook etc.




If you are thinking to upgrade MS outlook then you should make backup of PST file or rename PST file to other name and then rename back with the original name after upgrading because it save you from future PST file corruption and data loss. But what is the solution for the corruption which already occurred.




Use of Microsoft outlook inbox repair tool ---




Microsoft provided tool to fix the corruption issue in PST file-- Inbox repair tool. Outlook user can use it to repair corrupted PST file. But in most cases it is not able to repair corrupted file. It works only to repair PST file’s header and then deleting anything in file which is not understandable by them. If problem in PST file’s header (usually occurs during upgrade) then it corrects it and you will be able to access it again. But if corruption is in data then outlook inbox repair tool destroy what is in file. So it is wise to make backup of PST file before running tool. If corruption is severe, tool fails to fix the issue.




Oversized PST file corruption




If PST file size is more than 2GB or corruption occurred due to oversized, Microsoft office inbox repair tool not able to repair that corrupted PST file. But you can use Oversized PST and OST crop utility in this condition. Utility deletes about 25 MB of data from file to bring file back within size. But the disadvantage of using this utility is that you cannot control over the data which utility will delete.




Location of Microsoft inbox repair tool




Different version of outlook has different location for scanpst.exe Inbox repair tool. But generally you can find scanpst.exe—
“C:\Documents and Settings\USER_NAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\"




How to repair with Outlook Inbox repair tool




When you are try inbox repair tool, make sure that Microsoft outlook is not running. Double click scanpst.exe. It is single file executable program. Now select your corrupted PST file. Check box to make backup of scanned file before repairing it and then click on “Repair” button. When process is done, now properly start Outlook and use your recovered personal Outlook folders.




Note: When Microsoft outlook inbox repair tool fails to fix corruption issue and you won’t overcome from PST corruption then you can use third party Inbox repair tool which is able to repair corrupted PST file irrespective of any corruption of any reason of corruption without affecting any PST file object. In few simple clicks you can make PST file free from corruption. It is designed with easy interactive user friendly interface and powerful algorithm.