Getting error message which confirm corruption of PST file
Corrupt PST file due to over size
What to do when scanpst.exe or other tool doesn’t fix corrupt PST file.
Oversized PST file is the problem for outlook users because if PST file get oversized then user experience the slow act of Outlook and make all PST object inaccessible or respond very slow. In severe condition, corruption may occur in PST file and leave you with data loss which is highly important for you. PST (Personal Storage Table) is like the store house of mailboxes, folders, contacts, task, calendar, journal etc locally at your hard disk. With the rapid use of application, there is huge collection over each PST file and it increases the size of file.
After being oversize PST file whether the size limit of 2GB (for outlook 2002 or previous) or 4GB (in the later version) tends to be corrupted or damaged. If it happens then all your valuable data stored in PST file will go out form your reach. You lose it and to save this you need to repair 4GB Outlook PST file.
Problem
Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 support both ANSI and UNICODE format for PST. In Outlook 2007 PST file has different data structure than from earlier version. While your PST file reaches or exceed size limit of 4GB you experience following problems which indicate the corruption.
1. Unable to access PST files (Load or Open).
2. Respond time of Outlook 2007 is very long.
3. You will get slow performance or problems while you configuring to Exchange server due to the disk writing method and more apparently due to size more than or equal to 4GB.
4. Outlook typically show error messages which instruct to use Inbox Repair tool to access PST file once again and to save all data contained in this.
You can split PST file to reduce the size of PST file and to save it from corruption and to improve the performance of Outlook 2007. But what if before this step your PST files get corrupted or damaged. Now you are not able to receive or send email and PST file become inaccessible. Now to make PST file accessible once again you have to repair 4GB Outlook PST file.
Outlook provided the Inbox repair tool to use it to repair corrupted PST file but in most cases it doesn’t fix the problem of corruption in PST file and Oversized PST and OST Crop Utility delete some item from PST file to reduce its size to run scanpst.exe. Deleted items couldn’t be back by you. This would be annoying for you when you have no backup of those files.
Third party software is the best option for you to repair 4GB Outlook PST file. Its advanced algorithm scans corrupted PST file thoroughly and repair corrupted PST file. After that you will be able to access PST file and its all objects. No need of technical knowledge to operate this. Easily and safely by maintaining data integrity repair corrupted PST file.
