How to Repair a Damaged Outlook PST File using scanpst.exe?

Microsoft Outlook is the most popular email client amongst users because of its smooth and advanced email communication technology. MS Outlook email software provides an effective communication way to share data and information like emails, tasks, appointments, or calendars, Journals, Notes, etc. inside and outside of organization.

MS Outlook store users all mailbox data in OST and PST file format. PST files, Outlook Personal storage folder are created by MS Outlook. One must note that the performance of MS Outlook is dependent on your personal storage folder (.pst) file. There are many incidences such as virus intrusion, improper Outlook exit, file-header corruptions, power failures, hard disk damages, broken PST files, 2GB file size limitations, media corruptions etc. that results in the damage of Outlook PST file.

When MS Outlook PST file get damage or inaccessible, then you cannot access MS Outlook and may also face difficulty in sending or receiving emails and other data. In this condition, you need to repair Outlook personal storage folder (.pst) file. Outlook shows some common errors after PST file corruptions like:

• Unknown Error 0x80040600
• .pst file could not be found
• The set of folders cannot be opened.
• The file xxxx.pst could not be accessed
• xxxx.pst cannot be accessed – 0x80040116
• Data error. Cyclic redundancy check
• Access was denied.
• Can’t move the items.

Just in case, you are very much sure about the damage or corruption of your Outlook PST file, then you can try to repair Outlook PST file using Inbox repair tool (scanpst.exe). It is a free utility, provided by Microsoft. It is in-built utility installed in your MS Office folder. Inbox Repair tool is a primary tool and it repairs minor corruption of Outlook PST file.

Running this in-built utility, follow the steps to repair PST file:

1.Double click on scanpst.exe tool.
2.Click Browse and select PST file and then click Start.
3.After run scanpst.exe, Start Outlook and recover repaired items.

Note - Scanpst.exe tool normally validates and correct errors of data structures of a .pst file. In case, Block of the structure or table is corrupt or damaged, then Scanpst.exe removes it.

If you are not satisfied with the performance of Inbox repair software (scanpst.exe), then use third party Outlook PST repair software like Recoveryfix for Outlook PST repair tool. It can easily fix Outlook PST file error and safely repairs a PST file. It can restore permanently deleted PST mailbox data including drafts, appointments, notes, journal items, contacts, addresses, email attachments, etc. The software support MS Outlook versions 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, 2000 and 98.