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Fix pst file corruption due to server migration issue

Posted On : Oct-13-2011 | seen (470) times | Article Word Count : 419 |

PST files are subjected to matter of corruption. To fix the pst corruption problems you can go for scanpst.exe. However at times it fails to fix the problem as such you can take assistance of third party application.
Microsoft outlook is undoubtedly a brilliant application for storing our personal data but there is no denying fact that it is prone to severe corruptions and damages. There are number of reasons and factors responsible for the corruption of pst files as viruses invasion, power failure, distorted network connectivity. Pst files are very important for us because it stores our all important data.

There is no certainty and at any instance Windows 7 user can be victim of pst files corruptions and damages. As per example if your pst files are stored in a primary server and you move your current file server because of any other issues like performance. When the procedure is over you may notice pst file damages and corruption issues on some of the clients. This abnormality can be noticed with some of the selected pst files that becomes inaccessible. Clients may fail to open outlook displaying errors while sending/receiving errors.

causes

Before moving to the solution lets see the causes responsible for this server migration issue. Pst files lacks the concept of file sharing. Along with the sharing issues it lacks data security and data possession for long time when used under state of affairs. It is advised to use local copy of emails in the pst files.
Straight forward reason is due to the file server which is accessed by client during the process of server migration.

Solution

Lets move on the solution of this issue. Microsoft is with free utility as inbox repair tool. Scanpst.exe windows 7 which is also known as inbox repair tool can be used to fix pst corruption due to server migration problem. To run this tool you have to follow these steps as

Close outlook and then click on start then select search
In the search pane select the all files and folders radio button and type scanpst.exe. Before doing it Enable the option of show hidden files and folders because it is a hidden file
now click on search. You may find scanpst.exe windows 7 in the result of the search
double click and open that file
locate that tool and click to initiate the repair process
now close the tool and open the PST file

Even after using this tool the issue remains unsolved then instead of scanpst.exe windows 7 use third party software for repairing the pst corruption and recover data from it.

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when my pst files got corrupted i used scanpst.exe windows 7 but unfortunately it failed. Then I used commercial pst repair software.

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Category : Computers : Data Recovery

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