Retrieve Email After Pst Corruption Or Stay Prepared With Pst Backup

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Staying prepared for a possible situation of corruption will surely help you in long-run; after-all why should we wait, corruption just strikes, it never sends you a warning prior to its arrival. Having an off-site backup is always recommended as you minimize the chances of getting your computer stolen from stalkers and from other natural disasters like fire, floods etc. In order to stay prepared for such a situation, here are a few ways that can prove helpful for you.

Coping PST Manually

The easiest way to backup PST file is to simply copy the file manually to another location. The probable location of PST file in computer installed with Windows XP is:

C:/Documents and Settings/%username%/Local Settings/Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook/

The possible location of PST file in Windows Vista and Windows 7 is:
C:/Users/%username%/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Outlook/

Now that you know the possible location of PST file on your computer, all you need to do is copy this file from the above location to another file or folder, external hard disk, flash drive, optical drive like CD-ROM etc. In order to Retrieve Emails ...
... from these files in case of system crash or corruption, you must open Outlook, go to File > Data File Management and select Data File. Browse for your backup file and open it.

Using PST at different location

At times of system crash when Windows corrupt, the files and folders saved on the C drive result to be corrupted. Therefore, to ensure you do not lose PST file data due to Windows failure, you can move your PST file to another drive on your hard disk and configure the Outlook path for the data file to that particular drive. In order to do this, you first need to close Outlook, then locate PST file from the default folder, restart Outlook and browse for the new location.

Import and Export

MS Outlook contains a feature that allows users to export their personal folders and re-import them later. This method can be used to keep your PST data at a safe location on your hard disk so that you can re-import the data in case of system crash and retrieve emails easily. Open Outlook, go to File > Import and Export, Import and Export dialog appears. In the dialog box that appears, select Export to a file and then in the next window select Personal Folder File (.pst). In the next dialog, select the location on your hard disk where you wish to export the data.

Using PST file backup add-in

Microsoft offers a free Add-in for Outlook that allows you to backup the PST file data with just a single mouse-click. All you need to do is download and install the add-in that is known as Personal Folders Backup from Microsoft. This utility includes a new option in the File menu of Outlook titled ‘Backup’. This tool also allows you to select the files and folders that you wish to backup as well as the frequency of scheduled backups.

However, in case you failed to create such backup and have come across certain corruption situation that has led to data inaccessibility then you must switch to Kernel for Outlook PST repair tool that helps you retrieve email in minimum amount of time.

The author of this article is an IT expert who comes across PST data corruption and inaccessibility issues at a regular basis. Having the in-depth knowledge of Do’s and Don’ts of Retrieve Email tool, he informs others about the same.