Repair Outlook 2010 pst

How to Repair Outlook 2010 pst file ?

MS Outlook 2010 serves as a business and personal email client that has many new features that are not seen in older versions of Outlook. Microsoft Outlook can easily organize information such as tasks, appointments, calendar, contacts etc. MS Outlook 2010 became more popular than previous versions of Outlook because of the newly added features. Improved ribbon interface is one of the added advantages for the users of Outlook 2010.

 

Most commonly used commands and tasks are accessed quickly using this feature. The conversation view brings related conversation threads under Outlook folders. Microsoft Outlook 2010 enables you to clean up your inbox and check how much space was left in mailbox by viewing account information of Outlook profile. The Ignore button included in Outlook 2010 allows Outlook users to remove the conversation thread automatically. This button not only deletes all the conversations related to particular thread but it deletes all the messages related to the thread that may come in future also.

 

• The Outlook 2010 PST file is located in C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook for Windows XP users.
• For Windows Vista and Windows 7 users, the location is C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook.The PST file is configured to 50 GB in Outlook 2010.

 

Latest features have made Outlook 2010 more stable but has not managed to prevent Outlook from abnormal behavior or sudden crash. Some scenarios leading to corruption of Outlook 2010 PST file are as follows,

 

• Sometimes, Outlook may process slowly or takes more time to read or write the data from PST file. This might be due to the oversized PST file or corruption of PST file. When the PST file size reaches its maximum size limit, important data items like contacts, tasks, appointments etc may be lost from PST file.
• Improper shut down of system before exiting Outlook, sharing PST file over network, software malfunction, virus infection etc are some of the general causes for the corruption of the PST file.
• As Outlook 2010 PST file size is limited, it may get corrupted easily as every item of Outlook is stored in a single PST file. Outlook users can create an additional PST file to store Outlook data or spilt existing PST file.
• PST file may get corrupt when the third party utility does not handle the process of splitting the PST file properly.
• The PST file is compacted by Outlook 2010 users to reclaim the unused space in the PST file. Errors while archiving the PST file lead to loss of Outlook data items.

 

Using updated antivirus, deleting email messages that are not used any more, taking backup of important emails, contacts, appointments etc, are few precautions to prevent loss of Outlook data. A suitable tool should be used to fix corrupt Outlook PST file and repair Outlook PST inbox easily. This can be used as Outlook 2007 mailbox repair tool to fix Microsoft Outlook 2007 PST file to recover emails from Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, Drafts, Deleted Items folder, Personal folders, etc. Along with emails it will also retrieve Contacts, Calendar Items, Notes, Journals, RSS Feeds, Appointments and other Outlook attributes from Outlook PST file created on Microsoft outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 and 200 versions in effective way. It is also possible to fix personal folder on Outlook 2003 to access outlook data after its corruption due to PST corruption, hard drive corruption, upgradation of operating system or improper Outlook installation.

 

 

Fix Outlook PST 2010 using Outlook PST Repair Tool and retrieve the data from corrupt PST file in few simple steps:

 

Step 1: Download and install the tool and launch it by selecting it from the program list or by double clicking the short cut icon on desktop. The main window is displayed as shown in Figure a

 

Figure a : Main Window

 

Step 2: Search for the PST file to get it repaired by the tool using the options "Find PST file", "Open PST file" or "Select Outlook Profile" as shown in Figure b

 

Figure b : Select appropriate PST File

 

Step 3: Select suitable scan method based on corruption of PST file. Use "Normal scan" option if the PST file has minor corruption and "Smart scan" option if PST file is corrupted severely. Then select the destination folder to save the PST file after repair as shown in Figure c

 

Figure c : Select Scanning Option and Destination location

 

Step 4: After successful selecting the destination path, click "Repair" button to repair corrupt PST file. Recovered Outlook data is saved to the destination folder after repair. You can view the recovered data as shown in figure d.

 

Figure d : Recovered Outlook data