How To Repair Corrupt Outlook 2007 Pst File

One of the more than mutual topics/questions in our Gratuitous Tech Back up Forum is How-To repair or recover e-mail from a corrupt Microsoft Outlook PST file. I apply PST files daily with Outlook for email archiving and other workflows I follow which is why I back up my PST files weekly. If I were to lose an entire PST file, it would hurt for certain. And so with this in listen, let'due south jump right into the repair process.

Fortunately, Microsoft created a PST Repair Tool called SCANPST which is capable of both repairing corrupt PST files and recovering deleted emails inside a PST file. The awarding is gratuitous and typically included with all installations of Microsoft Office 2007/Outlook 2007.

How to Fix/Repair Cleaved Microsoft Outlook PST Files

1. Click the Start menu and in the search or Run dialog, Type C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12SCANPST.EXE and Press Enter

1a. Optional: You can also find this file by Clicking My Computer and browsing to the destination; once in that location Double-Click SCANPST to open it

2. Type in or Browse to the location of your Outlook PST Files. Press Starting time to begin the repairing.

Notation: Microsoft Outlook 2007 must not exist running to complete this step.

Step 2 Tip: Past Default, PST files go stored in the following locations:

Windows Vista & Windows Server 2008 : C:UsersMrGrooveAppDataLocalMicrosoftOutlook

Windows XP: C:Documents and SettingsMrGrooveApplication DataMicrosoftOutlook

three. The repair tool will offering you a quick summary of what errors it has found in its initial scan. Click the check box for Make backup of scanned file, and so Fix a Location to relieve your fill-in file. To cease the process, Click Repair and Outlook will get through and fix all of the errors establish in your PST file (hopefully.)