Microsoft Outlook has become a known application in the corporate world as it is used to communicate and maintain daily work. Microsoft contains components such as emails, contacts, tasks, journals and other components. Each of these components is organized in different folders of MS Outlook. Contact is one of the most important attribute in MS Outlook as it contains critical information such as e-mail address, contact details, important dates, addresses and pictures. The contacts from MS Outlook might get accidentally deleted (using Shift + Delete key) and loss of such important data can be disaster.
MS Outlook stores components are stored in a single PST file. PST file is designed in such a way that the index of the object and actual data are stored in different locations. When contacts are deleted only the index of the data is deleted but the actual value is still present. In such case only PST repair tool can recover contacts from Outlook. Not only manual deleting but also corruption of PST file can result in loss of contacts from PST file. There are many ways of PST getting corrupted, some are listed below
• Improper closing of MS Outlook: – Trying to close MS Outlook application while some operation in progress can corrupt the PST file of MS Outlook.
• Compression error: – When users try to compress PST file to save space on the hard drive, error caused during compressing it or de-compressing it can lead to corruption of PST file.
• File size exceeds file limit: – When PST file of MS Outlook exceeds the file size limit of 2 GB, PST file may get corrupt and emails and other components stored in it will be inaccessible.
To avoid these situations, it is advised to take backup of PST file on regular basis so that even if PST file gets corrupted user can get his emails and contacts using the backup. The backup can be taken by coping and saving the PST file in some safe location on hard drive or any other storage device.
Even though backup of PST file is not taken and it get corrupted, in such situations users need not worry as emails, contacts and other attributes can be recovered using Remo Repair Outlook (PST). This repair utility works on the principle of repair and recover, it means repairs the PST file and recovers emails, contacts, other attributes such as calendar items, RSS feeds, journals, tasks, appointments from it. User need not have any technical knowledge to use this tool as it is easy to use and can repair PST file in just 3 – 4 steps. Two options are available on the software Smart Scan and Normal Scan; user can choose any one depending on the severity of corruption of PST file. This software is available on Remo Software website, where in users can download the demo version of the software for free. Install the software and evaluate the results. If you are satisfied with the results you can purchase it.