Recover Outlook Journals and Contacts

Recover Outlook Journals and Contacts

The Journal can be basically called as a tool that can be used for tracking the various activities that occur on Microsoft Outlook. Not only does Outlook keep a track of Outlook data but it also keeps track of data outside Outlook like Microsoft office documents or something that is not related to or present on your computer. Journals can be used for recording your interactions with certain contacts, or the time that you have spent on a particular phone call. The data is represented in a Timeline format to the user so that the user can do better time management. Contacts are the different email addresses that we have on our Outlook, which can be used for sending emails, and identifying received emails. Microsoft Outlook lets you manage Contacts efficiently by creating groups.

 

You can cutomize the Journal to automatically record items and files, by following the steps given below,

• Go to the Tools Menu and click on Options.
• Click on Journal options
• Select the check boxes from the Automatically Record these items box, for the items that you want to record.
• Select the checkbox for the contacts that you need the items to be recorded, by selecting it from the For these Contacts box.

You can also record a Microsoft Outlook item manually, by making use of Journals.

 

When the pst file gets corrupted due to various reasons like improper archiving or corruption of the pst file size due to 2 GB limit, the chances of losing the journal entry and the contacts along with your valuable emails, is very high. Losing out on Contacts could mean that you would find it difficult to send emails in a group, and loss of journals would make you lose track of all the items whose activities were recorded. To recover these lost contacts and Journals, it is best to make use of an pst recovery software. Fix Microsoft Outlook PST tool lets you recover deleted/lost journals and contacts with ease from Microsoft Outlook. This software also helps you to fix broken Microsoft Outlook archived PST files due to compact operation and virus attack. Apart from all this, Repair Outlook PST software also lets you to retrieve deleted items from Outlook PST file after accidental deletion or deleted due to PST file corruption in few simple mouse clicks.

You can follow the steps given below to recover Journals and Contacts on Outlook,

 

Step 1: Install the Recover Outlook PST application, and double click the desktop shortcut to launch the application. The Main window is displayed, as shown in Image 1. Three buttons are displayed on the Main Window namely, "Open PST File", "Find PST File" and "Select Outlook Profile".

 

Image 1 : Main Window

 

• Click "Open PST File" button, if you know where the PST file is located.
• Click "Find PST File" button to search for a PST file if the location is not known
• Click "Select Outlook Profile" button to select a PST file depending on the different Outlook profiles.

 

Step 2: From the options available in the Main window, select the "Find PST File" option . In the new window, select the drive / partition on which you want to search for the PST file, and click on "Find". The software scans the selected drive / partition and displays all the found PST files. Select the PST file from which you want to recover Journals and Contacts, and click on "Next" as shown in Image 2.

 

Image 2 : Select PST File

 

Step 3: Once you click "Next" the software displays a new window, where you need to select the Scan method and the destination path to save the recovered Outlook data. Select the "Normal Scan" option and destination path as shown in Image 3. Click on "Repair" to start the repair process and recover Journals and Contacts. If the PST file has been damaged extensively, select the "Smart Scan" option for scanning

 

Image 3 : Select Scan Option and Destination Path

 

Step 4: On clicking the "Repair" button, the software repairs the selected PST file, and recovers Journals and Contacts into a new PST file that is saved in the selected destination drive. All the recovered Journals and Contacts are loaded in the main window of the application, as shown in Image 4.

 

Image 4 : Recovered Outlook Data