Fixing PST File Corruption after Server Migration

Outlook personal folder PST files when one side is quite reliable data storage means, is quite prone to corruption and problems with the file takes place on quite recurrent manner, leading to file corruption. Moreover, with limited extent of recovery, the situation at time could turn to severe data loss. Unexpected power outages, application issues, virus infection, network sharing & more could time and again lead to problems with outlook data file, turning it unreadable. PST being the central data store of emails and like items may turn to significant data loss whereby it becomes important to have the files repaired efficiently.




An important accountable reason here could be PST server migration, when migrating PST files stored on primary file server to another so as to have improved performance as well as rectify other issue that may exist within. The basic process seems to have completed properly, however within a short time it tends to turn problems showing symptoms of corruption of PST files with one or more clients. In this very situation those specific clients may not be able to capably do the task of accessing emails & data from the personal folder and the basic mailing operations – sending or receiving mails and other like aren't possible.




What makes PST file corrupted and unreadable after server migration?




The prime reason for such unusual working of outlook is that the outlook PST files have got corrupt, this happens since the very PST files aren't meant for or does actually support file sharing. Owing to this very reason, it's use in enterprises does not provide data security for long period of time. To overcome these issues, it is recommended to have local copies of PST file data items.




Other than that, trying to access file server during the process of migration may also be responsible for such an unusual behavior of the outlook files and they are ultimately damaged & therefore made inaccessible.




How to resolve PST Corruption after Server Migration and recover file items?




For PST file corruption fix, it is suggested opting for scanpst.exe repair utility, however it is to be noted that you may not find the file when looking into the installation folder, since it is a hidden file. So, it is recommended following the ways described for having the corrupt file repaired -



• Search all files and folders of the system for file named -'scanpst.exe' , with hidden files option enabled
• Double click to open the utility
• Now, you need to browse for locating the PST file for repair
• Select the repair option and with this repairing will start taking place

After this is done, files can then be accessed properly, however this may not happen in some of the cases, thereby arising the necessity of more advanced utility to fix PST, restore file items and having easy access to these thereafter.