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Microsoft provides the Inbox Repair Tool for correcting most
problems with damaged Personal Folders .pst files. If you do not see
the Inbox Repair Tool on the Start menu, under Programs |
Accessories | System Tools, use Start | Find or Start |
Search (depending on your operating system) to search
your system for Scanpst.exe.
You will need to know the location of the .pst file that you want
to repair. See Outlook &
Exchange/Windows Messaging Backup and Dual-Boot for information
on file locations and ways to determine the location of a .pst file
that you can see in Outlook.
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Usage
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When you run Scanpst.exe, it performs a number of tests. If it
finds errors, it asks whether you want to make a backup copy of the
original file (always say Yes), then tries to correct the
errors.
If
you run Scanpst.exe against a .pst file that Outlook 2003 created
for a local copy of Windows SharePoint Services events and contacts
lists, you will get an error message that you can ignore. See
You Receive an
Error Message When You Use the Inbox Repair Tool to Scan a .pst File
For seriously corrupted PST files, try running Scandisk.exe (look
under Programs | Accessories | System Tools) first, then
Scanpst.exe, repeating 3-4 times until neither program returns an
error. We've know this technique to restore data that the user
though was lost forever.
And if that doesn't do it, you can try our tips to repair a 2gb Personal Folders file or Offline Folders in Microsoft Outlook.
If the file is on an NTFS volume, you can't use Scandisk.exe so
easily. One approach, for Windows 2000, is to open the drive in My
Computer and use the Tools menu commands to scan the disk. You may
need to restart Windows for the scan to run.
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You can use Scanpst.exe not only on PST files, but also on offline
folder .ost files used for offline access to Exchange Server
folders. If an OST file is corrupted beyond the ability of
Scanpst.exe to repair it, you will need to change the settings for
the Exchange Server service (Tools | Services) to use a new
OST file, then synchronize it with the server.
There
may be cases where you need to run both ScanPST and
PST2GB. See
OL2000 Error
Message When You Start Outlook 2000 or Try to Open a Personal
Folders File.
Another approach is to use a
hex editor remove a single byte from the middle of the PST file,
then run Scanpst. A hex editor is a tool for editing raw files;
every Windows shareware site has several to choose from. Eugene
McCarthy of FAO Headquarters in Rome recommends the free
iHex editor, which
loads only 64kb of the file at a time, making it ideal for tinkering
with extremely large PST files. For simple Scanpst repairs, Eugene
recommends changing the first byte of the PST file from hex 21 to
00.
There is no comparable program for cleaning up corrupted Personal
Address Book (.pab) files. You may be able to view and recover PAB
data by opening the file with a hex editor.
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Tools in the Spotlight
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Advanced Outlook Repair
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Advanced Outlook Repair (AOR) is a powerful tool to repair and recover corrupted Outlook PST files. Main features: support Outlook 97, 98, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007; support to recover mail messages, folders, posts, appointments, meeting requests, contacts, distribution lists, tasks, task requests, journals and notes in PST files; support to recover attachments; support to recover deleted Outlook items; support to recover oversized 2GB PST files; support to split the output PST file into several small ones; support to recover password protected PST files; support to convert PST file from Outlook 97-2002 format into Outlook 2003/2007 format. Version 2.1 |
Outlook Recovery
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Outlook Recovery locates Microsoft Outlook files and databases automatically no matter what disk or storage device has been used to keep them. If you experienced a hard drive failure or deleted an Outlook database by an accident, Outlook Recovery will perform a full scan of that disk in order to locate and undelete/recover the database. If a database is corrupted, Outlook Recovery will repair it so that it can be used with Microsoft Outlook again. Outlook Recovery can recover Outlook databases in PST and OST formats, saving them for using with Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, or any email application that supports the EML format. |
Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair
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Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Recovery Software is designed to repair and restore data from damaged or corrupted Microsoft outlook file. This Outlook recovery software scans the damaged .pst file and extracts and saves information in a new usable .pst file, enabling PST Recovery. In addition, Phoenix-Outlook mail recovery software allows you to recover accidentally deleted messages that have been emptied from the "Deleted Items" folder in Outlook. Repairs PST files with size greater than 2GB. Version 4. |
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More Tools
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| CopyPST
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CopyPST repairs Outlook data files by exporting it to a new file, ignoring any error. It requires that the data file can still be opened in Outlook. Exporting a file breaks links, which can be repairs using OLfix program. Free |
| EasyRecovery EmailRepair
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Repair corrupted .pst and .ost files and those exceeding the 2gb limit. Retrieve deleted items from Outlook folders. Can access password-protected .pst files. Can also repair and restore Outlook Express data. |
| Kernel for Outlook PST Repair Tool
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Kernel for Outlook PST Repair Tool recovers and restores emails and other items from damaged, corrupted or broken PST files. A demo version is available and shows you exactly that how many emails and other items will be recovered using the full Kernel Repair PST Software. Kernel for Outlook PST Repair supported versions are Outlook 97, 2000, XP, 2003. It successfully recovers all items from the PST file including emails, drafts, calendars, journal, notes, tasks, contacts etc. OST repair tool also available. |
| Outlook Accelerator
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Outlook Accelerator improves Outlook performance by defragmenting Personal or Offline Folders - the place where Outlook stores all your emails, attachments, contacts, documents, etc. Outlook Folders tend to grow fast and are being constantly changed by Outlook. As a result, the file that keeps your Folders becomes heavily fragmented very quickly. |
| OutlookFix
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OutlookFix is an Outlook repair software tool for damaged, erased or large Outlook PST files. Restores Outlook files, will undelete emails and files, and lets you reduce the size of Outlook (Outlook 2gb limit fix) solving the common 2Gb size problem. |
| Recovery for Outlook
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Recovery for Outlook repairs corrupted Outlook mailboxes (.pst). The program also supports Exchange Offline Storage Files (.ost). Supported Outlook versions: 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000, 98 and 97 |
| Recovery Toolbox for Outlook
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Recover data from Outlook pst files. Recover Exchange ost files and/or convert them into Microsoft Outlook pst files. Export data from pst files into eml and vcf files. |
| Search and Recover
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Email and file recovery tool can restore data deleted from Outlook Personal Folders .pst files. |
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More Information
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To repair a 2gb Personal Folders file or Offline Folders
Convert an OST to PST
Housekeeping and Message Management Tools
OL2000:
How to Find and Run the Inbox Repair Tool
OL2000
(IMO) How to Use the Inbox Repair Tool to Recover Messages --
The article says it's for IMO mode only, but it's actually
relevant for Corporate/Workgroup mode, too.
Recovering data from offline folders
-- The key to recovering an .ost file is not to
connect to the Exchange Server.
OL2002
0x80040119 and Unknown Error Error Messages When You Try to
Read, Send, Receive, or Delete E-mail
Why .pst Files Are Unsupported Over a LAN or WAN Link
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Dec 14 2009
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