How to Fix Microsoft Outlook's PST Corrupted Files

If you are a regular Microsoft Outlook user, you will have probably encountered instances when you are unable to access your emails, address book, journals, calendar entries, notes, and other data. When this happens, you can put down the problem to PST corrupted files. Problems like these occur due to several reasons, and you will have to activate the email client's built-in PST repair utility, or invest in a third party PST repair program to fix your damaged PST files.

There is an easy-to-use tool provided by Microsoft that comes with the MS Office Suite in your PC. Known as the Inbox Repair Tool, this utility can repair most problems associated with corrupted PST files. It acts to fix the PST file header and delete any data it cannot read or understand from the file itself.

To help you access this utility in order to remedy PST corrupted files, all you need to do is perform a Windows search of its executable application, Scanpst.exe. As soon as it shows up in the search results, select the corrupted PST file and run Scanpst.exe on it. The utility will do a quick fix on your corrupted PST files to repair it and recover any data that has been lost.

Your PST files can also become corrupted if it has exceeded the file limit of 2GB. Once this happens, you won't be able to access your emails at all, or use the Inbox Repair Tool to fix this problem. Third party PST repair software will do the trick. This repairs the PST corrupted files and recovers lost MS Outlook items like emails and other information.