PST is known as Personal Storage File, it is the file format that Microsoft Outlook created locally in your computer system in order to save your emails, contacts, journals, drafts etc. The most important feature of PST file is that, it is loaded as soon as the MS Outlook is started. As we know that PST file is stored on the hard drive it can be use to access mails when offline. Regular usage of Outlook to access emails may tend to corrupt or damage PST file. Once this happens Outlook refuses to open and it is impossible to retrieve emails, contacts and other components stored in it. The common error which pop’s up on corruption of the PST file is “Outlook.pst cannot be accessed 0×8004011”.
In such situation you might in dilemma as how to access emails and how to recover contacts from Outlook. There is no need to worry when user has backed up PST file, he can easily get access to mails. But in case when backup is not taken or is incomplete, in such cases it becomes necessary to repair PST file to get access to mails and contacts stored.
There are many scenarios for corruption of PST file. The commonly know scenarios are
- PST has exceeded 2 GB file limit: – The PST file of MS Outlook may get corrupt when the file size exceeds the file limit. The file limit of PST is 2 GB and once PST file crosses 2 GB then the entire file gets corrupted and user cannot access emails at all.
- Incorrect file system recovery: – Sometimes when the file system is broken or corrupt you may purchase a data recovery tool to recover PST file from it. In this process the original PST file is overwritten with garbage data.
- Abnormal termination: – Abnormally terminating the MS Outlook such as trying to close the applications, when it is sending mails containing large attachments.
The first option to repair corrupt PST is to use a simple tool provided by Microsoft, Scanpst.exe. The tool is freely distributed by Microsoft in order to fix corrupt PST file alone with Outlook installation package. This tool basically repairs the header of the PST file and deletes anything which it does not recognize or understand. In order to overcome this problem, user has to use third party software to get his PST file repaired. There are many software’s available in market but choosing the right software is up to the user.
Remo Repair Outlook (PST) is one such software which can repair the corrupt PST. This software is very safe and guarantees to recover all emails, drafts, calendars, contacts and other Outlook items. It scans, reads the corrupted PST file and recovers data. It is then stored in a new PST file to ensure safety of the source PST file. The other features of this software are it recovers emails in case of PST header damage, retrieves emails from broken PST files, repairs password protected PST files, retrieve contacts from corrupt PST file etc. The program offers a free demo version, which will enable user to see if one can actually recover the corrupted emails, contacts and other Outlook components.