Microsoft Outlook is a personal information management utility provided by Microsoft. Outlook can be installed in either of the two configurations: IMO (Internet Mail Only) mode or CW (Corporate Workgroup) mode. MS Outlook uses PST (Personal Storage Table) file as its message store for all e-mail items, notes, calendar items, journals and other Outlook objects. As Outlook works more like an email client. So PST corruption causes data loss. In order to correct the issue, we need PST Recovery solution.

Corrupt PST fails to be loaded, makes Outlook slow or returns some sorts of error messages while attempting to be used or accessed. In several cases, Outlook even fails to detect and find a damaged PST with the following error message:

"The file drive:path:file name.pst could not be found."

Note: Other than PST corruption, this error message may also generate if PST is located on a server and the server is unavailable at the time PST is attempted to be accessed. Thus before looking for any PST Recovery solution, we need to check the availability of network server if PST is located there.

Outlook can’t open a damaged PST and we need to Recover PST

1. If PST contents are not important, we can simply create a new personal folder and rename the corrupt.

2. We can use Inbox Repair Tool to correct file corruption. scanpst.exe is located at this location:

%PROGRAMFILES%\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033

Outlook Inbox Repair Tool fails in situations when the corruption cause is external, for e.g. virus attack or network issues. In such cases, we need PST file recovery using third party applications that scan, recover and restore damaged PST using scanning algorithms.

PST File Recovery applications are available in market for different Outlook versions. These software analyze the damaged PST and recover it. Due to the interactive interface they have, the PST Recovery Tool can easily be used. Also the recover procedure is safe. Users can use the applications to Repair PST in any case of corruption, be it external or internal.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair is the most advanced and powerful application to Recover PST files. It supports Microsoft Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002 (XP) and 2000. . This PST Recovery Software use efficient scanning algorithms to recover lost PST file. It has an interactive interface plus safe and valuable data restoration features. Phoenix Outlook PST Repair supports Windows Vista, 2003, XP and 2000. The application can also split PST and recover lost PST password.