Fix Damaged Outlook Personal Folders File

Microsoft Outlook Personal Storage Table (PST) files may get damaged or corrupted due to many reasons such as corrupt header structures of PST files, error due to 2 GB file size limitation, disk corruption, sharing PST files over the network and all these situations leads to the PST file damaged. Apart from the discussed scenarios, there might be other reasons responsible for damaging PST. In such cases in order to resolve the issue on how to repair a damaged outlook personal folders file (PST) is only with the help of Remo Repair PST toolkit.

Solution to fix damaged Outlook personal folders file

When you encounter errors while accessing damaged PST files, immediately try Scanpst.exe built-in Inbox repair tool to fix the issues. In case, if this in-built application fails to repair problems related to PST files (which it does in most cases) then just download Remo Repair PST program and fix damaged Outlook PST file and recover your Outlook data with ease. It efficiently and securely carries out damaged Outlook personal folder file repair process and helps in recovering all Outlook items such as emails, folders, contacts, notes, calendar items, tasks, reminders, etc.

Remo Repair PST tool is designed with simple and straightforward interface so that even a novice user will easily get to know how to repair a damaged Outlook personal folders file (PST) without any complexities. Likewise, a password protected or encrypted PST files can also be repaired with utmost ease. The fixed and restored Outlook data is stored in a new personal storage file format to ensure safety of the original PST file.

 
 

How to repair a damaged outlook personal folders file (PST) with Remo Repair PST utility

Download Remo Repair PST tool and install on your Windows PC. Then from the shortcut or Windows Start menu run the software and follow the below listed simple steps to fix damaged Outlook personal folders file:

Step 1: Once you launch Remo Repair PST, you will find three options i.e. “Open PST File”, “Find PST File” and “Select Outlook Profile

Step 2: Select “Open PST File” to browse damaged Outlook personal folders file, if you know its exact storage path or

Step 3: Use “Find PST file” to search for damaged personal folders file or

Step 4: Click on “Select Outlook Profile” to open a specific PST file if you have multiple account

Step 5: The software provides two scanning method “Normal Scan” and “Smart Scan”, choose either of it to carry out Outlook personal folder file damaged repair process

Step 6: Choose destination location to save repaired PST file and hit on “Repair” icon.

Step 7: After completion of repair, you can view “Your Outlook PST file has been repaired” message on the screen.

 
 

Error Messages when you try to access damaged PST files:

  • The “PST file is not a personal folder file”
  • Outlook PST can’t be found
  • Unable to expand Outlook folder
  • The PST file could not be fixed, therefore cannot be opened
  • Errors have been detected in the file path

The simple way to avoid Outlook personal folders file damage
  • Do not exit your Outlook application abnormally.
  • Frequently backup your PST files.
  • Don’t save your Outlook personal folders file on server.
  • Delete all unwanted Outlook data as the PST file size is limited