How to Repair Damaged Outlook .pst Files
Outlook PST File Overview
Microsoft Outlook is a comprehensive personal information manager that integrates email, scheduling, and task management, but its architecture puts all digital data in one file, the PST, which can become corrupt or damaged, risking the loss of all information if not fixed with the right knowledge.
If your Personal Folders file (.pst) is corrupted or won't open, you can use the Qiling Email Recovery Wizard to scan and repair errors in the file. This tool only scans the .pst file and not your server mailbox, and can rebuild the file structure and headers if it's damaged.
How to Repair PST File with Qiling Email Recovery Wizard
To repair your PST file, please follow these steps:
1. Launch Deep Data Recovery, select the desired file types, and click "Next" to initiate the recovery process.
2. Select the corrupted .PST file by choosing "Select source file" or searching for it using the "Search PST file" button, ensuring you pick the correct one before proceeding with the repair.
3. The user needs to choose a destination location to save a new, healthy PST file, making sure there is enough free disk space. They should select the destination path location, as shown in the screenshot, and then click the "Next" button after configuring recovery options.
Intensive Scans should be selected if you are not getting the desired result from the initial scan. This is a more thorough scan that provides more detailed information.
4. As the scan progresses, recovered Outlook items are visible in the list, along with a preview of the recovered emails, which can be viewed in both the demo and full versions.
You can now repair damaged or corrupted Outlook PST files on your own. Qiling Email Recovery Wizard can assist you in recovering emails from Microsoft Outlook, even if your PST file is damaged or corrupted.
- Save mail recovery results, including messages, contacts, and attachments, in a new PST file with a full folder structure, error-free.
- Repair corrupt Outlook PST files and recover email and attachments.
How to Repair PST File with Deep Data Recovery
Qiling data recovery software is another way to recover and repair PST files, and can be used by following a series of steps to help recover them.
Step 1.Launch Deep Data Recovery. Select file types and click "Next" to begin the recovery process.
Step 2.To repair corrupted files, select a disk location where the broken files are saved, then click "Scan" to start finding the damaged files. Qiling file repair tool can fix various types of files, including documents, videos, and pictures in different formats.
Step 3.After scanning, the software allows you to quickly find corrupt data by file type, making it easy to repair damaged documents, spreadsheets, or PDFs. You can select a specific category, such as Documents, to repair Word, Excel, or PDF files. For image and video files, the software supports a wide range of common types, including JPEG, PNG, BMP, MOV, MP4, GIF, and more.
Step 4.Qiling file repair software automatically fixes broken files, allowing you to preview the repaired files before recovery. To recover them, simply click "Recover" and save the files to a different location to avoid data overwriting.
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