Outlook is a personal information manager created by Microsoft and a member of Microsoft Office suite. It is widely used by the computer users for notes, emails, contacts, calendars and for other outlook applications. It also comes with a lot of new features that allows you to store huge amount of data, contains DLL and exe files that are responsible for smooth running of your outlook application. It uses these files so that you can easily complete your task like saving notes, calendar entries and managing the emails. Outlook Data file (.pst) and Offline Outlook Data file (.ost) are the two file type used by Outlook. PST files are mainly used to keep the copies of messages, calendar events and other important items.
Personal Storage Table (PST) file format also known as Personal Address Book (.pab) or Personal Folder File. Previously the PST file was ANSI format due to which the file size was 2GB but now due to UNICODE format the limit has exceeded to 20 GB. It is one of the common file used by small organization as well as by the users to keep their messages, and other data on their operating system. The more items you add to your Outlook the larger will be your .pst file. Outlook PST can be secured with the help of password that will stop the unauthorized entry. We have often noticed the error “file access is denied” and you are unable to access your important PST files. If you are using the latest version of Outlook then this problem is common When you import or export files from other application you will find the below error on your screen:
“Microsoft Outlook: File access is denied. You do not have permission required to access the file c:\path_name”
Reason behind the corruption:
The reason behind corruption can be many that can damage or corrupt your .pst file it is very horrible and annoying situation especially for those who use Outlook on regular basis when they require their important documents but the see the error notification on their computer screen. It is very important to know the reason behind the corruption so that the necessary measures can be taken to avoid the .pst corruption. Few reasons that will show you the reason behind the .pst corruption:
Upgrading Outlook to its highest version can lead to the corruption of your PST file.
Malicious software or viruses can effect or damage your Outlook PST files.
If you use Inbox Repair Tool for repairing the corrupted PST file then the condition might turn to worse.
Re-installing the Operating system can corrupt your PST file.
Sharing your PST file as well modifying it at the same time can corrupt it.
The users who are using Outlook 2002 and former versions for them if the PST file exceeds the size of 2GB then it leads to corruption.
Header corruption can lead to inaccessibility of data stored in PST file.
How to repair pst files?
If you are unable to access you PST file then the reason can be the corruption occurred in your .pst file. If you wish to get back your corrupted file then the first thing we use is the “Inbox repair tool” or “Scanpst.exe” to get back the corrupted file. This repair tool comes with your Microsoft Office but unfortunately it has a limit to repair your damaged or corrupted file. So, in case if you are PST file is large in size then this tool is unable to help you. It is often noticed that repairing files with “Inbox repair tool” or “Scanpst.exe” can turn the condition to worse. For this situation y6ou have a powerful professional repair tool The Outlook PST Repair Tool which helps you to repair corrupted, damaged or inaccessible files and repair almost every version doesn’t have any size limit to repair the file. Download Outlook PST Repair tool and get back the healthy file.