Locate And Use Microsoft Inbox Repair Tool

By Author: submit tool
Total Articles: 8
Comment this article

Before we tell you more about Inbox repair tool, the process to access the tool, and the process to use the software, you should gather some knowledge about Personal Storage Table (PST) file. PST is the file where Outlook saves a local copy of your emails, notes, contacts, journals, calendar items, etc. When you start Outlook, it fetches the emails stored in the PST file and then displays the fetched data into their respective folders. Whenever you receive an email, sends the email, add contact in the Address Book, or perform any other Outlook related operation then PST gets updated according to the operation you have performed.
When something bad happens to PST like it gets corrupt due to some reason then emails, notes, contacts, journals, etc. stored in the file cannot be accessed by Outlook. Due to the damage of Outlook.pst file, you may come across severe data loss. Microsoft Inbox Repair tool can help you repair the damaged PST file. The Inbox Repair tool is a freeware; therefore, it comes as built-in application with every version of MS Outlook. Let us execute the following steps to locate the Inbox Repair tool ...
... (which is also called scanpst.exe) in Windows XP:
1. Click Start > Search.
2. Select All Files and Folders option.
3. Type scanpst.exe in the search bar and click the Search button.
Within few seconds you see scanpst.exe in the search results. Now, execute the following steps to use the scanpst.exe tool:
1. Close Outlook if it is running.
2. Click Start > Search.
3. Select All Files and Folders option.
4. Type *.pst in the search bar and click the Search button.
5. Within few seconds you will see all PST files enumerated in the search list.
6. Navigate to the location where PST files are stored, copy the PST files, and save them at another drive in your computer.
7. Now, double-click the scanpst.exe tool. You are asked to locate the PST file that you want to repair.
8. Click the Browse button to locate the file.
9. After you have provided the path of PST file, click the Start button.
10. The software starts scanning the PST file and then prompts to click the Repair button to start the repairing process.
After the repairing process is completed, open Outlook. If the repairing process was successful then you will be able to access emails, contacts, notes, journals, etc. with your current Outlook profile. However, there are very less chances of the successful Outlook PST repair especially when the file has major corruptions. If you do not get any error message while accessing the PST with Outlook then you are lucky because in very less cases, Inbox Repair tool works fine. However, in case, Inbox Repair tool gets failed to perform Outlook PST repair successfully then you are suggested to use third party Outlook PST repair software.
Third party Outlook PST Repair tools are specially developed to help Outlook users to repair the corrupt PST and recover the lost data. One of the popular Outlook PST repair tools is Kernel for Outlook, which can easily repair the severely corrupt PST files in just few minutes. Kernel for Outlook supports all versions of MS Outlook.