How to Repair Corrupt PST File in Outlook?

The outlook is one of the most popular and considered to be one of the most effective applications to manage email communication. Outlook users can easily manage multiple email accounts from a single console. Like any other email client, Outlook also has some limitations and disadvantages. The corruption or damage of the PST file makes the users why they are not able to access their important data within the application interface. And users want to repair corrupt PST file quickly. We will discuss how you can easily repair all your damaged PST files without any hassle.
But before moving further, let’s see what are the possible reasons for PST corruption.

Reasons Behind PST File Corruption

Here we have listed several possible reasons why PST file gets corrupted -

• Virus or malware infection.
• Shutting Outlook abruptly.
• Network Issues.
• Bad sectors on hard drives
• Data Storage device failure.
• Header File corruption.
• Oversized PST file.

Now, we will move further and discuss how you can easily perform the repairing process. We will discuss two methods of repairing -

1. Manual Method.
2. Automated Solution.

Manual Technique to Repair Corrupt PST File

It is always advised to repair the corrupt or damaged PST file with the well known manual method. We have listed the recommended methods to fix the corruption.

      1. Run MS Outlook in Safe mode

• Try to run MS Outlook in the safe mode, this could help you to resolve if the corruption exists in a low level.
• Press Win + R on your keyboard to launch the Run command dialog box
• Type Outlook/safe and click on Enter.

      2. Use Outlook’s Inbox Repair tool

You can use the inbuilt Inbox repair tool (ScanPST.exe) in order to recover PST file.

1. Double click on ScanPST.exe
2. Click on browse to choose the corrupt PST files.
3. Hit the Start button. 
4. Click on the Repair button if you found any error.
5. The recovered PST file will get saved into the defined location.

These are the manual techniques to repair the Outlook PST files, but at the same time there are several limitations as well by using these manual methods. Some of the limitations we have mentioned below.

Limitations

• Unable to repair PST file if the size of the file exceeds 2 GB.
• Huge risk of data loss.
• Technical knowledge is required.
• Unable to repair the highly corrupted PST file.
• Unable to repair the password encrypted file.
• The Repairing process is slow.

Automated Solution to Repair Corrupt PST File

As we have seen above, with manual process of repairing, there comes several limitations as well. To overcome all these limitations you can use any third-party professional software to securely and efficiently perform the recovery process. I suggest you use the Data recovery solution’s PST recovery tool which is the most reliable and trustable software. The software has a user-friendly interface that means, there is no need for any technical expertise. The software provides some additional features that make the recovery process easier and accurate.

Features

• Swift and Easy PST recovery.
• Provides multiple saving options like MBOX, MSG, EML, DBX, etc. formats.
• No file size limit.
• Easily recovers Outlook items such as calendars, emails, contacts, attachments, etc.
• Provide Preview before the recovery process.
• It provides the search feature to find specific emails.

Final Words

In this blog, we have provided solutions to repair corrupt PST file with the help of manual as well as automated approach. We have seen there are several limitations to using manual methods. So, you can go with the automated approach to securely and quickly recover Outlook PST files. You can choose any of the methods mentioned above as per your convenience.