How to Repair Corrupted Microsoft Outlook Files

It’s the most prevalent issue faced by almost all Microsoft Outlook users. This is a file corruption issue in Microsoft Outlook including PST files (Personal Storage Files). This may be attributed to a sudden system shutdown or not closing MS Outlook properly.

Whatever that might be, it only leads to corruption of outlook data and you will find that all your emails are gone when you try to open them. At this point in time, you'd need a tool that could recover your lost outlook data, preferably a quick and easy way out.

Microsoft Outlook Corruption Issues:

One of the most common issues with MS Outlook is "Corruption". Sometimes due to abrupt termination of MS Outlook during operation, it ends up saving corrupted data. In other cases, corruption of PST files occurs due to memory card failure or virus attacks during Outlook operations.

Corruption can also happen if there is a problem with the header of your personal storage file (PST), which stores all the outlook data of Microsoft Outlook. At times, physical damage to PST file components such as headers and allocation tables may also result in PST corruption.

Apart from this, several other technical issues might cause corruption of MS Outlook files including:

• Installation error
• Software malfunctioning
• A power surge or Shutting down your computer abruptly

Once you realize that your MS Outlook has been corrupted then the first thing you need to do is not to panic and stop using your MS outlook immediately so as to prevent further damage to data. Now some points need to be noted - your MS Outlook profile and mailbox should be safe and you can access them using a new installation of MS Outlook i.e., you won't lose all your Personal Folders (PST files).

Now, if corruption occurs during work, then the first thing you need to do is make an offline backup of your corrupted PST files or emails either in .TXT file format or by having another email client like EMLX where it shows a preview of these emails or even in Exchange Server mailboxes directly.

If you are unable to do the above-mentioned things then you need to use a third-party utility, which is really helpful in getting back all your data including emails and other information. This tool will definitely recover your inaccessible outlook data and provide you with an option to save it to the desired location. Stellar Outlook PST Repair Software: Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair software is one of the most effective software that restores corrupt MS Outlook files.

It repairs corrupted Microsoft Outlook files (.PST), .OST (Offline Storage Table) and .EDB (Exchange 2000 Server or higher) format files proficiently and provides previews of recovered items such as Messages, Contacts, Calendar items, etc., before saving them at the user's desired location.

The user can also choose whether he wants to save the output files as Unicode or ANSI (Default) and can also choose between RAW and Outlook mode while saving repaired PST file.

Another good thing about this tool is that it recovers unreadable data from severely corrupt /damaged .PST files, which cannot be repaired using Microsoft scanpst.exe utility, and renames the recovered items to their original state so that the user doesn't have to rename them manually.

This software provides read-only access to damaged PST files so you need not worry about corruption of your drive where you are trying to access your corrupted PST file due to a virus attack. The interface of the software is very easy such that all types of users will find it easy to work on it without any trouble.

Stellar Outlook PST Repair Software offers different scanning options for users to choose from. The user can opt for Full Scan or any one of the following Quick Scan, Smart Quick Scan, or Custom Scans in order to repair their Outlook data files depending on the size and type of corruption in the PST file. The software is very fast when it comes to repairing PST files as it recovers 10 GB of data within a few minutes (depends upon size and level of corruption).

Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair Key Features:

• Recover permanently deleted emails along with email properties like cc , bcc , sent date, received date, etc.,
• Repairs highly corrupt/damaged Microsoft Outlook (.PST) files.
• Recover password-protected files.
• Repairs files from encrypted .PST file format.
• Provided read-only access to the damaged PST file.
• Restore data in Unicode and ANSI formats.
• Allows saving recovered Outlook items in different formats such as DBX, MBOX, MSG, EML, EMLX, vCal, and vCard for all popular email clients, including MS Outlook 2016/2013/2010/2007/2003 & Windows Live Mail 2012/2011/2010.

Conclusion:

Outlook users can now very well recover their damaged PST files by using Stellar Outlook PST Repair Software. It provides previews of the recovered items and allows saving them in different formats such as DBX, MBOX, MSG, EML, EMLX, and vCal/vCard for all popular email clients including MS Outlook 2016/2013/2010/2007/2003 & Windows Live Mail 2012/2011/2010.