The Striking Causes of PST File Corruption and Possible Solutions

Microsoft Outlook PST, the main storage file of MS Outlook, is very prone to damage. PST file corruption may interrupt your general business operations and may put you in big trouble. In such cases, all your valuable emails, notes, tasks, contacts, journal, attachments, appointments, and calendar entires become inaccessible. In such situations, a valid and updated backup proves great help. However, if a current backup is not in place, PST Repair is the only way to retrieve data from Outlook PST file.

There are various factors, which can damage your PST file and make it unusable. The following are some frequent causes of PST file corruption:

Improper termination of Microsoft Outlook application due to system crash or power surge.
Logical corruption resulted by human error, software malfunction, virus infection, and improper modification of Outlook PST file.

PST file approaching 2 GB size limit. In Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier versions, you can not have a PST file more than 2 GB in size. If it exceeds the size limit, it may get damaged.
Missing, damaged, or invalid structure of the PST file.

You can fix the PST file corruption and perform Outlook repair 2007 by using the below methods:

Backup PST File- In order to prevent PST file corruption and data loss situations, you are highly recommended to create regular backups your mission-critical data. When you upgrade your version of Microsoft Outlook, the Outlook PST file may get damaged. Thus you should always create a complete backup of your mission-critical data before upgrading Microsoft Outlook.

Use Inbox Repair Tool- You can try repairing the damaged PST file using inbuilt utility of Microsoft Outlook, known as Inbox Repair Tool or Scanpst.exe. The utility repairs header of PST file and removing everything that it can not understand. This behavior of Inbox Repair Utility further damages the PST file if it can not understand its contents.

Use Outlook PST Repair tools- If the above methods can not help you to repair and restore the damaged Outlook PST file, third-party applications are required.

The PST Recovery tools help you to methodically scan entire PST file and extract all inaccessible data from it. They are incorporated with self-descriptive and interactive graphical user interface to offer easy recovery.