How to export ost file to pst
Published on 23 August 17
Eddie5
In this digital era, it is common to use Emails as a medium of communication, and Microsoft Exchange & Microsoft Outlook are the most famous and reliable medium of communication. Sometimes Outlook users need to convert their Outlook OST files into PST format. The thought of switching from Microsoft Exchange to Microsoft Outlook rise the question how to export OST files to PST file format, as these are different email clients and each has different file formats. But "Why OST to PST converter is needed?" is the second big question.
The reason for switching Microsoft Exchange to Microsoft Outlook could be many :
Reason 1. Let suppose you are running a business and your MS Exchange Server has crashed due to unexpected reasons like virus attacks or power failure.
Reason 2. You are an employee in an organization and due to some reason you need to shift that organization then you need to migrate your data.
Reason 3. Sometimes the situations may arise that the Exchange Server may go under maintenance work and this work can go on for weeks or months
Reason 4. Or Being a frequent user you are facing multiple application errors or software related issues.
Reason 2. You are an employee in an organization and due to some reason you need to shift that organization then you need to migrate your data.
Reason 3. Sometimes the situations may arise that the Exchange Server may go under maintenance work and this work can go on for weeks or months
Reason 4. Or Being a frequent user you are facing multiple application errors or software related issues.
In all above reason has made clear that you can't access your vital data as those all were saved in OST file format (Offline Storage Table) and these can only be accessible by the same computer and with the same user profile.
It is a situation like Rapunzel was stuck in Rampart. Only thing is different is that she hasn't a way out but you have, in fact, you have two option either you can recover your mailbox data by converting OST file to PST format or just leave it and wait for the time when you will face the problems. Of cause, the second option isn't right at all but it's your choice.
It is a situation like Rapunzel was stuck in Rampart. Only thing is different is that she hasn't a way out but you have, in fact, you have two option either you can recover your mailbox data by converting OST file to PST format or just leave it and wait for the time when you will face the problems. Of cause, the second option isn't right at all but it's your choice.
For converting OST to PST there are different DO IT YOURSELF techniques. In these techniques, you copy or move the entire mailbox or you can archive OST files.
By Import & Export
In this manual technique, you just have to create a new PST file folder in Outlook profile and then just drag & drop all mailbox content to that PST file. Yes, this one the easiest one and sound great but it going to consume a lot of time.
As you see there are various manual procedures available to perform this conversion but they are tedious and time-consuming.
By Import & Export
- Launch Microsoft Outlook on your system.
- Click File tab, then click Open > Import.
- In Import and Export Wizard, choose an action to perform: Export to a file and click Next.
- Now select Outlook data file (.pst) in the list, and click Next.
- Select the mailbox folder that you want to export from. click Next.
- Now you would see your selected PST file. And you can choose an option out of those 3 (choose Do not export duplicate items). & Click Finish to start the process.
- Within a couple of minutes, the process is completed. You can now check the new Outlook data file at the location you defined earlier.
- Launch the application, and then select the OST file for new PST conversion.
- Now go to File then click on Info and choose Cleanup Tool from the option.
- Now click Archive, in archive dialog box select all archive this folder & all sub folder.
- And now select the desired folder that you want to move.
- Now click Browse, choose the desired location for PST and assign a name for PST file. Then click OK.
In this manual technique, you just have to create a new PST file folder in Outlook profile and then just drag & drop all mailbox content to that PST file. Yes, this one the easiest one and sound great but it going to consume a lot of time.
As you see there are various manual procedures available to perform this conversion but they are tedious and time-consuming.
See, if you need a software then you just need to Google it and you would found there is plenty of software over the internet that claims they can export OST to PST. But, before choosing any of them some points need to be clear like: Is the software safe to convert OST to PST? , Will it take minimal time for conversion?, Or Is it's the best OST to PST Converter software? The list could be endless but these are some common question that needs to sort out first.
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