How To Use The Inbox Repair Tool In Microsoft Outlook?

Unlike the webmail services that store data in your email accounts on its severs, Microsoft Outlook stores all your data such as Calendar, emails in the inbox, tasks and other types of data in it in the form of PST files in the specially allotted location in your hard drive. The advantage of this is that you can access your inbox items or other data in your Outlook even when there is no active internet connection. However, some error in the PST files might affect your Outlook emailing. In this article, we look at the possible measures to take when there is an unexpected error in the PST files.

According to the Outlook repair forums, Microsoft Outlook features an inbuilt repair tool called Inbox Repair Tool (PST repair tool) to troubleshoot the common errors or corruption in the PST files. Follow the instructions given below to learn how to use the PST repair tool in your Outlook application and thereby recover all your important data.

Instructions 

• If your Outlook application is currently running, make sure that it is closed. 
• Locate and run the Inbox Repair Tool. Navigate to Programs Files in your computer and open the folder titled Microsoft Office followed by OFFICE12.
• Locate the file titled Scanpst.exe in the OFFICE12 folder and double-click on it to run the tool. 
• When the Inbox Repair Tool is loaded and ready to operate, browse and locate the affected PST files in your computer. Press the button titled Browse to navigate to the location where PST files are stored in your computer. 
• After locating the PST files, press the button titled Start. The inbox repair tool will now start scanning your PST files for errors. Upon finding the errors, you will be prompted about them. Press the Repair button to continue. 
• Once the repair process is over, launch your Outlook application and navigate to Go>Folder List>Lost and Found. 
• You would find all the files that have been repaired by the Inbox Repair Tool in the Lost and Found folder. 
• Before exiting the Outlook application, create a new PST file. For this, go to the File option and select New followed by Outlook Data File. Choose .pst (Office Outlook Personal Folders File). 
• After pressing OK, name the file and click OK to proceed. 
• Copy all the items in the Lost and Found folder and paste them in to the new PST file folder you have created. 

Well, you know now what to do when there is a corruption or error in the PST file in your Outlook. Contact the Outlook Repair personnel for any further help in this regard.