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2012-01-19T19:43:00.001-08:00

Ways to Avoid PST File corruption in Outlook 2007

Microsoft office 2007 has email application which is Outlook 2007. Surely it is advanced version with latest features and utilities but there is one problem that user can not avoid PST file damage or corruption completely. Here, I would like to share an important ways to avoid PST file corruption in Outlook 2007.

· Reduce PST File Size: Keep PST file size less than 10 GB because larger PST files degrades outlook speed and increases the chances of corruption. They will also take longer time for repair.

· Keep PST file size less than 2GB in ASCII format: If you are using old format of PST file then donot exceed your PST file from 2GB size limitation even in outlook 2007. Larger PST files will corrupts shortly.

· Use small volume of emails: Email operations like select, copy, delete or move more than 10000 emails at a time will dead-lock outlook 2007 and further improper shutdown of system will surely results into corrupted PST file.

· Properly Shutdown: While shutting down your system always consider that all programs are closed in proper way and there is no any application running in back ground. Improper shutdown often corrupts PST file.

· Use latest and Updated Anti virus: Always check that the anti virus program that you are using in your system is working in proper way. Some emails can damage anti virus program and further it can also corrupt emails so regular updates of Anti virus application is necessary.

· Rollback PST File by Weekly: Backup is best way to avoid data loss. If somehow PST file gets corrupted and data loss situation appears then you can restore lost PST data from available backup.

It is for sure by applying above ways to avoid PST file corruption we can reduce the chance of PST file corruption in Outlook 2007. There is one more option to outlook 2007 inbuilt tool scanpst.exe outlook 2007 to repair damaged file. In case PST file still remains corrupted then user can try for third party software for PST recovery. It will surely help user to overcome the PST file corruption problem in Outlook 2007.

Ways to Avoid PST File corruption in Outlook 2007

2012-01-19T19:43:00.000-08:00

· Reduce PST File Size: Keep PST file size less than 10 GB because larger PST files degrades outlook speed and increases the chances of corruption. They will also take longer time for repair.

· Rollback PST File by Weekly: Backup is best way to avoid data loss. If somehow PST file gets corrupted and data loss situation appears then you can restore lost PST data from available backup.

It is for sure by applying above ways to avoid PST file corruption we can reduce the chance of PST file corruption in Outlook 2007. There is one more option to outlook 2007 inbuilt tool scanpst.exe outlook 2007 to repair damaged file. In case PST file still remains corrupted then user can try for third party software for PST Recovery. It will surely help user to overcome the PST file corruption problem in Outlook 2007.

Why it is said PST repair Software works better than scanpst.exe Command

2012-01-18T03:03:00.000-08:00

The moment you face problem in MS Outlook email client you must have received recommendation to use Inbox Repair Tool to run Scanpst.exe command for PST Recovery. Scanpst.exe is an in-built utility provided by Microsoft to scan and repair damaged or corrupt Outlook PST files. It is very popular to solve Outlook errors in PST (Personal Storage Table) files, which save all the important data of MS Outlook email client such as emails, contacts, calendar etc. because scanpst.exe recover PST file successfully most of the time.

However, this in-built utility have some limitation to recover full PST file in such condition where PST file is highly corrupt PST files or header structure also got damaged, PST file size oversized beyond 2GB, media corruption, abrupt system shutdown, hardware or software failure and virus attacks and so on. One more important thing i.e. Scanpst.exe cannot recover broken or password protected PST files.

It is sure your PST file must have the storage of important data which you don’t want to loose. In case if you can get better tool to recover PST file then you can recover all mail attachments, tasks, calendars, contacts, notes, tasks and journals from Outlook mailboxes with PST repair software. I would like to recommend you to use Outlook PST Recovery tool to recover your PST file data successfully. This outlook pst recovery software is user friendly and competent of fixing the most severe cases of Outlook PST corruption with ease.
There is option to save the recovered emails and items in four different formats like .PST, .EML, .MSG and .DBX so as to access the data from both MS Outlook and Outlook Express email clients.

This outlook pst recovery software supports email recovery from .PST files created with MS Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, and 2010 & Compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000

PST Recovery Tips to Repair Outlook PST File for Email Recovery

2011-12-22T14:49:00.000-08:00

MS Outlook is powerful email client and being used by billion of users across the world because it has user friendly features. MS outlook store the information and data in PST file i.e. personal storage folder to store emails, notes, contacts, calendars, tasks and other information which we have already read in previous blog post. However, there are certain problems that may corrupt or damage the PST file and makes data inaccessible for users. The first option which may be use by thousand of user i.e. to use scanpst.exe tool provided with Microsoft Outlook to repair corrupt or damaged PST file. In case the PST file not still corrupt or damaged after using this tool then situation become very difficult to access the data from PST file. However, there are best and more efficient ways to deal with pst file corruption issues by using third party Outlook pst repair tool.

There could be several reasons that could led to the pst file corruption like:

· PST file header corruption

· PST file exceeds 2GB size limit

· Corruption due to sharing of files over network

· Unexpected system shutdown

· Power failure

· Virus infection

· Interruption during PST compaction

Whatever the reason of PST file corruption, any of your attempts to access pst file fails and you may encounter with the following error messages like

· errors have been detected in the pst file

· pst file cannot be accessed

· cannot find pst file

· Unknown error has occurred : 0x80040118

It may be very difficult to deal with such problem as simple user as we are aware very well that we are not technical experts, so what to do? In such condition we need to run third party tool to repair the PST file so that we can do PST Recovery easily to access the data. Using the third party for PST Recovery will help you to get rid of pst file damage issues. It recovers all lost or deleted emails, contacts, calendars, notes, attachments and many other items. It supports almost all MS Outlook versions like 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000 & 97 and MS Outlook Express versions.

PST Repair for Corrupt / Damaged PST Files

2011-09-07T03:13:00.000-07:00

You may have faced a problem in accessing your Outlook Emails. It happen when Outlook PST file get corrupt due to any of the following reasons such as PST File size is above then 2 GB, PST File sharing is on networked drive, due to lack of power back improper shutdown, some interruption or file header get corrupt.

Due to corrupt PST file it may gives you worry of losing important outlook email. Luckily we have PST Repair solution to fix corrupt PST files. You can use free build in MS Outlook Inbox Repair Tool which is available to repair corrupt PST Files.

So if a PST file is damaged or get corrupt due to version upgrade, the Inbox Repair Tool is a good option for PST repair. In case the data within the file is corrupt then Inbox Repair Tool will likely wipe out the file as fresh. We always recommend for selecting an option to backup of the PST file before you run the Inbox repair tool.

Before you purchase any software you should check and see if the free built in pst file repair tool called scanpst.exe will fix your corrupt pst file. scanpst.exe tool is in build with MS outlook as Inbox Repair tool and it is compatible for Microsoft Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst) and the Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst) data files in MS Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007.

To do the PST Repair these are the simple step to recover your Outlook PST file.

Step 1: You have to run Scanpst.exe which is installed in Outlook. It is located at:

drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12.

The above image you will see once you run the scanpst.exe on your system.

Step 2: Double click Scanpst.exe for PST Repair and select the corrupt PST file. After selecting the PST file Click Start.

Step 3: If errors are found after the scan is complete, you will be prompted to start the repair process to fix the errors. A backup file is created during the repair process. To change the default name or location of this backup file, in the Enter name of backup file box, enter a new name, or click Browse to look for the file that you want to use.

Step 4: Click Repair: Start Outlook by using the profile that contains the .pst file that you tried to repair. You will find the window with the message Repair Complete.

On the Go menu, click Folder List.

In the Folder List, you may see a folder named Recovered Personal Folders that contains your default Outlook folders or a Lost and Found folder. The recovered folders are usually empty, because this is a rebuilt .pst file. The Lost and Found folder contains the folders and items recovered by the Inbox Repair tool. Items that are missing from the Lost and Found folder cannot be repaired.

In case this free tool fails to Repair PST file. You don’t need to worry again as there are other tools you can use as well. It's a great tool that almost always can repair the corrupt PST file. Unfortunately this tool is not free but it works very well to Repair PST File. Corruption or damage in the Outlook PST file results loosing very important emails which may affect your professional as well as personal life. PST Repair Software is a handy tool which can fix your corrupt/damaged/inaccessible .pst files. This PST Repair Software has various options such as save your PST file at your selected location with many advance features.

How to Solve MS Outlook Issues through PST Repair Software?

2011-04-04T00:41:00.000-07:00

MS-Outlook provides numerous mail objects including contacts, journal, tasks, events, attachments, appointments, calendar-entries, and more with which effective communication can be easily carried out. But have you ever observed that while using the above mentioned mail-objects of the same application. You face number of problems. Experiencing issues in Outlook application is the result of corruption. Corruption of Outlook PST file brings disastrous data loss problems. Whole data of the application becomes totally unapproachable. For accessing data easily, it is important to perform PST repair with PST Recovery software.

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Stellar releases EDB to PST Converter to restore a working MS Exchange database files as a PST files

2011-03-23T03:30:00.000-07:00

Gurgaon, Haryana <23-03-2011>, Stellar Information Systems Ltd, a trusted name in the field of data recovery solutions and services, today releases an indispensable utility, Stellar Phoenix EDB to PST Converter to efficiently convert working EDB files to PST files. This competent utility extracts all the mail components of an EDB file and saves them in PST file format.

Very useful for all system administrators and technicians, the software relieves the risk of losing their important emails, contacts, drafts, journal, notes and other valuable mailbox items in any instance of the local PST/OST file corruption, damage, inaccessibility. This advanced software assures that the working EDB file is converted without compromising on its data integrity and consistency. Separate PST files are created for individual user profiles, which can be made accessible by importing them back to MS Outlook.

“Stellar Phoenix EDB to PST Converter is the work of our continuous research to develop a solution for successfully recovering user mailboxes from a working EDB file and saving them as an equivalent PST file. The effective utility works well with the latest MS Exchange 2010 and all the earlier versions.” said Sunil Chandna, CEO, Stellar Information Systems Ltd.

Key Features - Stellar Phoenix EDB to PST Converter:

Performs a secure EDB to PST conversion
Recovers emails, contacts, drafts, calendar, journal, notes, attachments, sent items etc.
Supports Unicode-formatted EDB files
Preserves RTF and HTML message formatting
Works with MS Exchange 2010, 2007, 2003, 2000, and 5.5 versions

About Pricing and Availability

Stellar Phoenix EDB to PST Converter is available in both the Technician (CD + Download) and Administrator (CD + Download) licenses. The Administrator License is available at a price of $399.

About Stellar Information Systems Ltd:

Stellar Information Systems Limited (established since 1993) is the leading developer and provider of advanced data recovery software and data recovery services. Holding direct presence in USA, Europe and Asia, Stellar is a name that is trusted for finest solutions to recover lost and inaccessible data.

For more information about the update launch of the product visit company website www.stellarinfo.com

How to Solve Issues of ADMT with OST to PST Converter Tools?

2011-03-17T21:22:00.000-07:00

Microsoft has developed the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) that provides an easy and secure way to migrate groups, users, computers, and mailboxes of Microsoft Exchange Server from one domain to some other domain. Additionally, the tool helps you to migrate from Exchange Server 5.5 to other versions. For successful completion of migration, OST files are quite helpful. Without the help of OST file, ADMT becomes unable to finish migration. When OST file gets corrupt, it not only leads to inaccessible data of Outlook objects but also makes ADMT not to perform migration completely. Such kind of problem can be overcome easily with the help of a backup. A third party OST PST Converter tool can also be used.

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Methods to Repair Oversized PST File Corruption

2011-03-08T02:24:00.000-08:00

Outlook PST file gets corrupt due to many reasons. Exceeding the maximum size limit of PST file is one of the important reasons of such corruption. Different versions of Microsoft Outlook have different size limits like in MS-outlook 2002 and prior versions size limit is set to 2GB. However, for the other latest versions the size-limit is set up to 20 GB. To avoid such problem of PST file corruption due to oversize of PST file, a third party Outlook PST repair tool can be used to repair pst file instantly.

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How to Recover an Inaccessible Outlook PST File by using an Outlook Recovery Tool?

2011-03-02T21:49:00.000-08:00

Have you ever thought if your e-mail client applications get corrupted, then how can you communicate with the other person? Corruption results in inaccessibility. If the e-mail clients cannot be accessed, its result will be all your important communication that you made with the help of various e-mail application remains as it is. You fail to remain in touch with your friends. Suppose, if you use MS-Outlook e-mail application for business communication, then just because of corruption you will face a huge loss. For such data loss situations, various tricks or inbuilt methods can be used. But it is not surety that you will get good results. For better results, it is advised to go for a third party PST Recovery software for getting satisfactory Outlook recovery results.

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PST Recovery - Which is the Best Way to Get Inaccessible Data Back?

2011-02-24T22:26:00.000-08:00

ActiveSync is an effective program, that lets you to synchronize Outlook items. This program synchronizes Outlook data in one condition. And, condition is that Outlook PST file must be in a corruption free state. If by mistake, you are trying to synchronize data of corrupt Outlook PST file, you will fail to synchronize Outlook data. Proper synchronization cannot be done due to other technical reasons as well. You can address the non-synchronization issues with appropriate measures. You have another choice of a third party PST Repair software, if corruption is the issue.

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How Entourage Repair Helps You to Access Inaccessible Data?

2011-02-22T04:08:00.000-08:00

For Mac users, this article is quite useful. Your Entourage application is vulnerable to error messages caused by many reasons. Any issue in it directly results to an error message. These issue may be corruption of RGE file, wrong location of Entourage, and many more. At times, these errors creates a big problem for you. Like, your Entourage data becomes inaccessible for you. Well, there is no need to get panic. Just relax. These issues can be solved by applying some measures for different causes. If corruption is the chief reason, then there is no better option other than a third party Entourage Recovery software.

Let us take a realistic situation, wherein you make an attempt to start Entourage 2008 for Mac. You receive an error message similar to the following:

“Microsoft Entourage has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.”

After getting this error message, you cannot work with Entourage unless and until you do not solve the error.

Cause:

Some of the causes that are responsible for the occurrence of above error message are as follows:

Incorrect location of Entourage application.
Preferences file for Entourage is not restored to default settings.
Corrupt Entourage identity.

Solution:

By following measures you can easily solve the above stated error message. These are as follows:

Firstly, check the location of Entourage application. It is located in Macintosh HD\Apllications\Microsoft Office 2008 folder. For checking the location of Entourage in your system. You need to follow the below steps

Close all the programs that are running.
Select File >> Find.
Next to, Kind click on, Any and select, Application.
Enter Entourage in the Search Window. Note the location of the file. If Entourage is not present in Macintosh HD\Application\Microsoft Office 2008 folder, then simply select the icon of Entourage and drag it to Desktop. If Entourage is already inOffice 2008 folder, then it is fine.

Use default settings to restore the Entourage preferences file.
Renaming the MicrosoftUserData folder will also solve the problem. For doing this, follow the below steps:

Close all applications.
Select Go, and then select Documents.
Click the Microsoft User Data folder, and then use an ENTER from your keyboard.
Use DownArrow key from your keyboard. Enter OLD and then again use an ENTER key.
Now you should have Microsoft User Data Old folder with you.
Again, start your system.
At last, try to Start Entourage.

Now if you are able to start the Entourage application, then it is fine. Otherwise, you can go for a commercial Entourage Repair tools. Such tools perform Entourage data repair with much ease. A lots of software are available in the market, that serves the same job quite effectively. Along with these software, a help file comes that guides you in a right manner.

How to Solve Error Messages while Synchronizing Exchange Server Mailbox to an OST file?

2011-02-18T03:59:00.000-08:00

When you synchronize exchange server with OST (Offline Storage File) file in MS Outlook versions 2000 and 2002, problem may arise due to increased size of OST file. The OST file gets corrupt or damaged as it approaches to the maximum limit of 2 GB, creating this issue with synchronization. Synchronization between exchange server and OST file can be possible if the OST file is converted into an Outlook usable PST file. In such cases you need to convert OST to PST.

Let's take an example when you try to synchronize the exchange server with oversize OST file which exceeds more than 2 GB you may get the following error message on your system screen. The message reads like this:

“Task ‘Microsoft Exchange Server’ reported error (0x00040820): Errors in background synchronization. In most cases, further information is available in a synchronization log in the Deleted items folder”

This message points you to check the synchronization log, but the problem is that the log doesn't exist in deleted Items folder in OST file or exchange server.

Causes:

The root cause for the above error is use of damaged OST files due to increased size. In MS-Outlook 2000 and 2002 versions, this type of error commonly prompts on your screen. The reason is that prior versions of MS-Outlook does not support data storage more than 2 GB.

Resolution:

You can resolve this issue by one of the following solutions:

Delete all the items that you do not need from exchange server. Use Shift+Delete keys to permanently delete them.

On Exchange server, move your data from synchronized folder to a non-synchronized folder.

Move your entire significant data to PST file and then permanently delete data from synchronized folder.

If you cannot convert OST to PST due to corruption of OST file, use third-party software to convert OST to PST file.

A third party OST PST Converter utility can be used to convert OST to PST. These software uses effective algorithms to convert unusable OST file into a usable Outlook PST file. No vast technical knowledge is required for converting OST to PST file. It restores mail objects, such as e-mails, contacts, attachments, address book and many more.

Is It Feasible to Split Huge Outlook PST File by a PST File Splitter

2011-02-18T02:51:00.000-08:00

Unable to use Outlook application because of increased size? Well, it is a true fact that increased size of Outlook PST file makes an Outlook e-mail client non-responsive. For making Outlook further responsive you need to decrease the size of PST file. Oversize PST file may lead to PST corruption also. And, corruption results in data inaccessibility situations. So, it is better to decrease the size of your PST file. Size of Outlook PST file can be decreased by applying corrective measures. Moreover, you have an option of a third party PST file splitter as well. Such third party software splits PST file when all other inbuilt methods do not help you.

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How to Recover Archive PST Files with PST Recovery Tool?

2011-02-09T22:11:00.000-08:00

The best way to keep your Outlook PST file small is to use the archive option. With the help of this feature, PST file is easily managed. It protects the PST file from corruption,as the increased size of the PST file leads to corruption. In Outlook, an advanced feature i.e., Auto Archive is present which performs archive operation automatically for old items of the Outlook PST file.

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How to Rebuild and Repair Entourage Database?

2011-02-09T01:26:00.000-08:00

Database Corruption is very common in Microsoft Entourage and there is wide range of reasons like virus infection, application malfunction, improper system shutdown, database header corruption, entourage identity corruption, database structure corruption and including Entourage errors. When it happens or your account get damaged than you can not access your emails, contacts, task, notes, attachments and calender items. It leads to serve data loss situation and you need to have rebuild Entourage identity.

You need to have take complete backup of Entourage database to avoid situation. But if Entourage backup not taken than rebuild your account and create new identity. However, regular rebuild identity are not recommended. It is only recommended when database corruption situation arise or when you running out the maximum limit of the disk space.

There is inbuilt maintenance tool for Entourage email client to fix above mention database corruption errors with the help of rebuilding the database. To rebuild the Entourage database you have to follow some steps as follows:

Quit all the application: You must quit all application before start the following steps:

Click Application Menu(Top of the menu bar) – Select Quit
Launch MS Entourage while holing Option key to start database utility
Select Rebuild Database and than click Continue.
Click Done. Click Quit than start Entourage and check see whether problem is resolved.

Now start Entourage and check whether problem is resolved or not. If yes than OK but still problem is not resolved than you can use advance option of rebuild Entourage database. It is possible you may lose some data during this process but this option should be used as last stage.

In case all else fail, third party repair Entourage database application will work for you. Entourage Recovery tool easy to use, repair and restore corrupted emails, contacts, task, address book and calender items from the RGE file. It stores recovered data in RGE file than can be easily imported in Entourage.

PST File Splitter - When Outlook PST File Exceeds the Size Limit

2011-02-02T22:43:00.000-08:00

Size of the Microsoft Outlook PST file increases because of incoming and outgoing e-mail messages. Microsoft Outlook has set some size limitation up to which data can be accumulated in it. For example, in earlier versions of Outlook, PST file size limitation was of 2 GB, whereas in the later versions of Outlook, the size limitation was increased, but was set. So, when the size of the Outlook PST file exceeds the set size limitation, it leads to corruption of the PST file. To avoid such corruption related situation, one must remove the old e-mails. But, many times, it happens that your e-mails contain heavy attachments and are useful for you. So, you cannot delete those e-mails. For such situations, it is better to opt for a third-party PST file splitter. With the help of this tool, you can Split PST File into smaller PST files.

To illustrate the above issue, consider a practical case. Suppose, your friend is mailing some important notes that you had missed due to long illness. Since your friend has scanned most of the notes, the mails you have received are very heavy. Due to huge size of the attachments, Outlook PST file quickly exceeds the size limit. And the Outlook PST file gets corrupt. Corrupt Outlook PST file doesn't allow you to access data from it. Every attempt to access data of the mails remains unsuccessful.

Cause:

The root cause for the occurrence of above situation is the increased size of Outlook PST file. Size increases because of receiving bulky attachments.

Resolution:

To resolve the above data loss situation, use below given suggestions. These suggestions will help you find out the messages with large attachments and help you remove them from your mail account:

MS-Outlook 2003 uses a Search folder known as 'Large Mail'. It is used to locate the bulky e-mail attachments. To locate the 'Large Mail' folder:

Point to 'Navigation Pane'.
Expand the 'Search folder' entry named.
Select 'Large Mail' search folder.

If the folder is not available, then create it manually. For this, apply the below mentioned steps:

Select 'File' menu and point to 'New' and select 'Search Folder'.
In 'Select a Search Folder' in the Organizing mail Section, select Large mail.

After performing above steps, you can easily find the mails that contain heavy attachments and are no longer required. Remove them. Always delete the mails from 'Deleted Items' folder, then compact the file. Size of the PST file will remain as it is, if you do not compact it.

You can also opt for third party PST File Splitter tools. These tools split large PST file and make Outlook application manageable. These tools split a huge Outlook PST files into smaller Outlook PST files.

Why should You Give Your Precious time to Repair PST File?

2011-01-31T03:08:00.000-08:00

PST file plays an important role in the smooth working of an Outlook application. Entire data of the Outlook application resides in it. But corruption of the Outlook data file creates a serious problem for the user. Corruption of Outlook PST file does not allow you to send or receive mails in your e-mail account. Inaccessibility of data prevents you from accessing valuable data. To overcome inaccessibility problem, use updated backup of the PST file. However if no backup is available, inbuilt Inbox repair tool can also be used to repair pst file. You can also use a third party Outlook PST repair tool.

Let's consider an error message that is encountered on the screen when you open MS-Outlook application to send or receive e-mails to/from your friend. You can send or receive mails but the error message appears on the screen:

"Sending and Receiving reported error (0x8007000E): Out of memory or system resources. Close some windows or programs and try again."

Messages are sent without any difficulty even then the error messages warn you to close other programs.

Cause:

Because of the following reasons, the above error message is encountered:

Use of damaged or destroyed Mapi32.dll file.
Presence of damaged e-mail in Inbox.
Corruption of MS-Outlook mail profile.

Resolution:

Try to resolve error message by following the below given methods:

Method 1: Execute the MAPI repair tool (Fixmapi.exe) if the Mapi32.dll file is the cause of problem: Location of Fixmapi.exe is C:\Winnt\System32 folder or the C:\Windows\System32 folder.
Method 2: Perform Deletion of corrupt or destroyed e-mail: If you are aware of which e-mail message is corrupt, then simply delete it from your Inbox. If you are unable to trace out the damaged message, then move all the messages in Inbox to personal folder. When you are performing move operation on the messages, all the e-mail messages will be easily moved. Only damaged e-mail message will not be moved. After zeroing-in on the corrupt message, remove it from your Inbox.
Method 3: Make a new Outlook mail profile if the profile is corrupt: After creating a new e-mail profile, start Outlook with the new e-mail profile.

If rectification of error still cannot be done, then try to resolve issue with the help of the inbuilt Inbox repair tool to repair corrupt PST file. This tool repairs the file in most of the corruption situations, but in some cases, even after executing the inbuilt tool, no proper results are achieved. Run a third-party PST Recovery tool. These tools show better results than any other method. Repair PST files with any of these tools to easily recover your data.

Why Do We Need to Compact PST in MS Outlook?

2011-01-17T22:32:00.000-08:00

Every time when you delete unwanted email (email, draft, attachments, contacts etc) from your Outlook folders, it goes to trash or delete item folder. At that time email disappear from the 'Delete Items' folder but original items are still in your .PST file. If you think after deleting emails you will get more space but it is not true because the size of PST doesn't reduce even you have already deleted that mails.

One of the primary reason for compressing PST file is to conserve space of your hard disk. By default MS Outlook has 2 GB space limit to store your PST Files. Whenever you need to store large emails, attachments than you need more free up space for storing emails this problem also called 2 GB Problem in Outlook. The format for Outlook 2003 and 2007 has a larger allocation of 20 GB.

In the compressing process, it leaves either 16 KB or 4 percent of the file size whichever is greater. For successful compacting you must meet the requirements:-

The file must be 16 KB or larger.
The file must have at least 16 KB of space freed since the last time it was compacted.

There are two ways to compacting the PST files one is Automatic Background Compaction and second one is Manual Compaction. There are few steps to make successful compact process:-

Click "File" from the standard Toolbar.

Press "Data File Management" from the drop down menu.

Highlight "Personal Folder" by pressing over it with your mouse.

Look for "Settings" and click on the button.

Select the "Compact Now" button in the "General" tab box.

Compact the personal folder PST file by clicking "OK" and close the box.

If you are still finding problem with above given steps and you are not able to Compact PST with any reason than you need such a advance or effective software which provides risk free PST compression. These software enables with advanced techniques which help you to extract PST files, attachments and save them in your hard drive. There is so many tools available in the market which are free to download on Internet or costing some amount of money, some of them provides trail version which shows the actual compression of your files absolutely free.

How to Resolve Inaccessibility Issues with MS Entourage?

2011-01-10T21:36:00.000-08:00

It is very difficult to face a situation while working in MS-Entourage in which you are not able to open its database. But, it is not very hard to solve. It may fall you into major problems. You are aware of the fact that when database refuses to open due to corruption, you cannot access data from it. And, if you are trying to trace out the most crucial data from it, you can't. You will face a disastrous situation. Do not get upset. Choose a third party Entourage recovery software so that you can easily repair Entourage database.

To exemplify the above issue, let's study an error message that comes when you make an attempt to open a database. But you fail to open it. In addition to failure, you receive an error message that contains the same wordings as described below:

"Office might be unable to access the database or the database file might be damaged....To rebuild the db, open msoffice2008/Office, and then open the ms db utility. For more info, open the db util app and on the Help menu, click db util help."

"ERROR: Failed to open database [Head]
ERROR: Corruption opening database [16003:""]"

After receiving above error message, data contained in the Entourage database cannot be opened or accessed. Same error message bothers you every time you make an attempt to open the database.

Cause:

The main cause for the occurrence of the above error message is the corruption of Microsoft Entourage database. Numerous reasons are responsible for the occurrence of the above error message. These include sudden/inappropriate shutdown, malicious virus, application malfunction, and may be corruption in database header.

Resolution:

To sort out the above issue and to repair Entourage database you can try the below mentioned measures:

Transfer the MUD (Microsoft User Data) folder to a temporary folder from Documents.

Microsoft Entourage makes a new MUD folder.

Copy the data saved in the MUD folder of the temporary folder into a new MUD folder.

Launch Microsoft Entourage application again.

If no results are found after performing the above steps, then opt for third party Entourage recovery tools. These third-party tools repair Entourage database and recover all the data that is contained in corrupt Entourage database and is inaccessible for you. These third-party tools make Entourage application free from corruption irrespective of the database size. These third-party tools have read-only designs, quality features, and a help file.

Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery software have a read-only conduct and repair Entourage database quite effectively. These tools recover contacts, attachments, appointments, tasks, journals, and other similar objects. Built with simple graphical user interface, the tool is easy to understand. The tool shows compatibility with 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and 10.4 Tiger.

Why It is Needed to Convert OST to PST?

2010-12-30T03:53:00.000-08:00

For synchronizing the off line folder, OST file must not be in a corrupt state. Otherwise, you will not be able to synchronize the OST file with the Exchange server. Nor will you be able to access data of the corrupt OST file. Once a OST file is repaired, you can easily synchronize that OST file with the Exchange Server. But many times, OST file remains in a corrupt state due to technical issues. For such cases, it is advised to convert OST to PST manually. For doing this, a number of OST to PST tools are available in the market.

To elaborate the above issue, let's consider a practical case. When you make an attempt to synchronize Outlook OST file with the Exchange server, Outlook OST file cannot be synchronized. Additionally you receive an error message that appears as:

“Synchronizer Version version_number
Synchronizing Mailbox 'user_name'
Synchronizing Hierarchy
Terminated in error
[80040119-100A0103-0-610]
Microsoft Office Outlook Offline Folders
For more information on this failure, click the URL below:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/prodredirect/outlook2000_us.asp?err=80040119-100a0103-0-610”

Cause:

Some of the causes that are responsible for the occurrence of the above error message are as follows:

Corrupt MS-Outlook PST file.
Issues related to Exchange server.
Corrupt Outlook OST file.
Issues related to Windows registry, templates, extensions, and more.

Resolution:

To resolve above error message you have to follow the below steps:

Make a new MS-Outlook profile with the original settings of the account. This should solve the problem of a corrupt PST file.
Running MS-Outlook in safe mode will weed out issues related to Windows registry, templates and extensions. For doing this, go to Start || Run and in the box that appears, type 'Outlook/safe'.
Make an attempt to synchronize OST file with the Exchange server with the same user account, but not on the same computer.
If you have a backup, try to repair the corrupt OST file with the OST Integrity tool.

If none of the above steps allow you to retrieve data from a corrupt OST file, then use a third party OST to PST utility. These tools are used to convert ost to pst and allow you to access data objects, such as contacts, attachments, appointments, tasks, journals, events, and more quite easily.

Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Desktop is a high-end utility that can convert ost pst file and make unusable OST file data usable and accessible. Built with simple graphical user interface, the tool is easy to use and understand. You can download a software from Internet and check its features with the demo version of the software.

How to Solve Issues related to Bulky Outlook PST File in MS Outlook?

2010-12-30T03:31:00.000-08:00

Are you facing problems because of large size of PST files of Outlook? If your answer is positive, then let's find out the solution for it. Generally, large PST files create a number of problems for you when you try to use Outlook application. For example, you cannot send or receive normal mail operations. Microsoft has set size limit for the PST file. Whenever, size of the PST file crosses the set limit, it tends to get corrupt thereby halting the Outlook operation. To overcome problems related to PST files, you need to split pst file with the help of a PST file splitter.

Below mentioned error message appears on the screen when you check a new mail or create a new folder. Not only this, your attempt to create a new folder or check mails remain unsuccessful. An error message appears on the screen as shown below:

“The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem persists, start Outlook again.”

You fail to perform mail operations with the Outlook application unless you resolve the error message. Let's check the cause and respective solutions.

Cause:

The root cause for the occurrence of the above error message is the increased size of the PST file of MS Outlook e-mail application. PST has some size limitation. If the size of the PST file approaches the set size limit, corruption of PST file occurs. And because of corruption, above error message flashes on the screen.

Solution:

To tackle above error message follow the below steps:

In MS-Outlook application a feature known as 'Allow upgrade to large tables' is used. This feature is helpful to increase the limit of PST file.
Decrease the size of PST file by removing all the items from the 'Deleted Items' folder.
If the above step doesn't help, close Outlook, and use Inbox repair tool to repair corrupt file.
If that doesn't help, make a new PST file and import Outlook message from the original PST file.
Install a New Set of MAPI files.Create a New Profile.
Reinstall Windows.
But remember that in most of the resolutions given above, chances of losing previous files is very high. So if you want to retain old emails, and other items, use a third party PST file Splitter. These tools are used to split large PST files into smaller PST files. A bulky Outlook PST file can be kept aside, and smaller PST file can then be imported into the application. These tools are quite easy to use and easy to install.

Stellar Phoenix PST File Splitter is a highly commendable tool used to split large PST file and help you access mail components, such as contacts, appointments, attachments, tasks, journals, events, and messages, and similar features. The tool splits single as well as multiple files on the basis of e-mail id's, size, time, and more. The tool shows compatibility with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT4 (SP6).

Recovering corrupt Exchange Server 2003 database when it crosses 16 GB

2010-12-14T02:16:00.000-08:00

The Exchange database for MS Exchange Server has a stipulated size of 16 GB. Once this limit is reached, the Messaging Database (MDB) automatically shuts down and it does not restart as well. This is a design feature that is done to keep the size of the database in check. But sometimes the database gets corrupt due to this feature, thereby disabling you from accessing it. You should apply appropriate corrective measures to perform Exchange recovery. If these methods do not succeed, then an effective exchange recovery software should be used to address the situation.

Let us assume a practical situation which is often observed when you try to mount on an MS Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition database. In such cases, you could notice either of the following event IDs in the Application event log:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: MSExchangeIS

Event Category: General

Event ID: 1112

Description: The database "Mailbox Store (Server Name)" has reached the maximum allowed size. Attempting to unmount the database.

Event Type: Warning

Event Source: ESE

Event Category: Space Management

Event ID: 445

Description: Information Store (3160) The database D:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\priv1.edb has reached its maximum size of 16383 MB. If the database cannot be restarted, an offline defragmentation may be performed to reduce its size.

Cause:

The root cause of this problem is that the Exchange mailbox store database of Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition has reached the permissible 16 GB size limit.

Resolution:

To overcome this problem, you should use the following methods:

You should try to upgrade to Exchange Server SP2 so that such issues do not appear in the future as Exchange Server SP2 allows to have up to 18 GB.
If you are an administrator, then you can perform the following steps:
- Temporarily increase the database size by 1 GB.
- Remove the database contents that is not important.
- Defragment the database so that its size could be brought within the permissible limits of the database.
You should use the Recovery Storage Group feature in Exchange Server 2003 to extract the mailboxes from the database.

If you still are unable to mount on the Exchange Server 2003 database, then you should use a third-party EDB recovery software to repair the corrupt database. Such tools are read-only in nature that recover exchange emails for all the user accounts without inflicting any further damage on the existing EDB file.

Of the various Exchange data recovery utilities around, Stellar Phoenix Exchange Server Recovery is the most powerful software, which recovers EDB files created for MS Exchange Server 2010, 2007, 2003, 2000, and 5.5 versions. With the ability to extract distinct user mailboxes in the form of individual PST files, this Exchange Server recovery software is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.

Recover Entourage Database To Fix Unexpected Quits

2010-12-05T22:10:00.000-08:00

Does Microsoft Entourage quit unexpectedly while doing general E-mail operations? Is Microsoft's mail client crashing frequently when you try to access your emails, notes, contacts, tasks, and project files? Well, this behavior may occur due to various reasons, which include faulty updates and database corruption. In case of corruption, you are required to recovery entourage database using entourage repair.

You can try out any of the following methods to sort out unexpected quits of Entourage application:

Repair hard drive permissions using Disk Utility. Open Disk Utility, select the drive, click First Aid Tab, and select Repair Disk Permissions.
Update Mac OS X operating system. It can overwrite the files that are causing this problem.
Re-install Microsoft Office for Mac from original installation disk. First use "Remove Office" option and then institute from scratch.
Remove preferences files or .plist files. The improper quits problem caused after operating system update can be fixed using this method.
Remove system caches. Corrupted cache files or font cache can also cause this problem.
If none of the above methods work, the problem might be due to corrupt database. Rebuild Entourage database using Database Utility to repair Entourage database in such cases. It works in most of the cases, unless the corruption is very severe.

If you fail to perform Microsoft Entourage recovery using any of the above methods, you need to go for commercial Entourage recovery software to sort out the problem.

Third-party Entourage Recovery are particularly designed to perform in-depth scan of whole database using advanced Mac Entourage recovery algorithms. They are capable of recovering all the items from your database, including emails, contacts, tasks, notes, and project files.

Microsoft Entourage Repair software are totally safe and easy to use with read-only conduct and interactive user interface. The applications restore corrupt database in the form of RGE file that can easily be imported to your account.

Why Does Outlook File Get Corrupt and How to Recover It?

2010-12-01T22:30:00.000-08:00

It has been often found that MS Outlook users complain of PST file corruption. More often than not, the problems are seen in the earlier versions of the application. Though the newer versions are sturdier, they are not fool-proof. The newer versions of the application may also develop problems that may lead to corruption of a PST file. To avoid such situations, it is advised to handle your PST file, and the Outlook application carefully. Otherwise, outlook recovery becomes redundant.

Not only is the forced shut down of the application a cause of concern, even abrupt shutdown of the system due to power outage, or application conflict, operating system crash, virus attack, or some similar reason, when MS Outlook is running, may lead to corruption of the PST file. Apart from these reasons, at times shutdown of the computer system immediately after closing the application may lead to corruption of PST. This is because, after the user Exits from the application, Windows completes some tasks in the background, and abrupt closure of system may stop the process mid-way, thereby corrupting the PST. Besides the above stated reasons, sharing of a PST file over Network (LAN/WAN) and over-sizing of a PST may also lead to corruption of the file.

To handle such situations, the user needs to try and repair the PST file using Outlook Inbox Repair Tool, also known as Scanpst.exe. This Outlook recovery tool scans for the inconsistencies in the pst file for reasons that have lead to corruption. After creating a report, it allows the users to repair the PST file, or leave it corrupt. It is always advisable that the user first creates backup of the corrupt file, before attempting repair using the pst file recovery tool. This allows the users to repair the file using third-part specialized repair software. These software are generally read-only in nature, i.e., they do not make changes to the original file, but try to read data from it, and save the recovered data in a new PST file.

Entourage Repair to Handle Attachment Corruption in Microsoft Entourage

2010-11-30T22:54:00.000-08:00

Are you unable to open Entourage attachments due to corruption? Does Entourage crashes when you try to open an attachment? Well, this problem most commonly occurs due to corruption to an attachment. Entourage can not recognize the file due to corruption and you run across this problem. In order to fix this behavior, you need to go for entourage data recovery solutions using efficient mac entourage repair tools.

These are two different problems and occur due to varying reasons. Following are the causes of both these problems-

Entourage Crash While Opening Attachments- MS Entourage saves attachments to Temp folder before opening them. If there is some problem while saving the attachments, Entourage crashes at this point.

To fix this issue and recovery entourage data, you need to remove Temp folder, which is located under Microsoft User Data folder. When you restart Entourage after deletion, it will automatically create a new folder and attachments will work fine.

Corrupt Attachments in Entourage- This issue may occur due to incompatible or incorrect encoding. The sender must change Entourage preferences before sending any attachment. The preferences can be changed using Encode for any computer option under Attachments.

It Entourage encoding preferences are correct and you are still facing this problem, you need to repair Entourage database by rebuilding it. Entourage provides database utility tool, which an inbuilt Microsoft Entourage recovery application, to easily rebuild the database.

Although, database rebuilding can fix corruption in a number of cases, but it can not handle extreme corruption. In such situations, you are required to opt for Entourage Recovery software to get your precious data back.

These third-party Entourage Repair come equipped with advanced Mac Entourage recovery algorithms to ensure absolute recovery in all corruption scenarios. They are incorporated with highly-interactive graphical user interface to ensure easy Entourage recovery.

Symptoms of Entourage Corruption and Solution to Repair Entourage Database

2010-11-18T00:54:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Entourage, a robust and well-known email client for Mac OS X operating system from Microsoft, offers advanced features to store, manage, and retrieve emails and other data. Entourage has a database to hold all the items and allows you to create separate Identities to create various accounts. In some cases, the database gets damaged and put you in need of entourage repair using appropriate tools and techniques.

In order to ensure complete and easy in all corruption scenarios, you must identify the database corruption immediately. Mac Entourage database corruption can be identified by various symptoms, which include the following ones-

The database items, such as emails, tasks, notes, contacts, journal, attachments, project, and appointments, cannot be opened or viewed properly.
Entourage shows a big gray blank area of about 4-5 lines in your Inbox. When you click this gray area, Entourage stops responding and crashes unexpectedly.
Emails in your Inbox, Sent Items, and other folders are shown as blank. Actually they contain data, but cannot be seen due to corruption.
You are unable to remove emails and folders from Entourage account.
Microsoft Entourage freezes or crashes while opening. At this point, you may also get a crash report from the Entourage, which shows technical details of the error.

Above are the most common symptoms of database corruption. There are various problems that can lead to corruption such as improper system shutdown, virus infection, application malfunction, database header corruption, and more. When it happens, Entourage cannot read the database and require entourage repair tools to be repaired.

Entourage Recovery are particularly designed to methodically scan whole database and extract all inaccessible data from it. Microsoft Entourage recovery applications are totally safe and easy to use to ensure secure and straightforward Mac Entourage recovery.

Entourage Database Repair When Database Utility Gives False Reports

2010-11-16T04:28:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Entourage enables you to easily detect the database corruption using “Verify database integrity” feature of Database Utility. It is an inbuilt utility of MS Entourage database that also enable entourage recovery solutions using Rebuild Database option. However, in some situations, Verify database feature may give you false reports or cannot even detect the corruption.

As a practical instance of this issue, you may encounter the following error message while opening Microsoft Entourage database and database remains inaccessible-

“Your Office database is damaged. You need to rebuild”

However, if you try to detect corruption by verifying it using Database Utility, it does not report corruption. The database remains inaccessible and you are required to go for entourage recovery solutions to get your valuable data back.

Root of the Issue

Such false reports may be caused by the damaged preferences of your Mac OS X operating system or Entourage application. Preferences may get damaged due to virus infection, improper system shutdown, and other similar reasons.

Severe corruption to the database may also cause Database Utility show false reports. Damaged database can not be identified by both Entourage and Database Utility. At this point, you are required to use appropriate entourage repair to get your valuable data back.

Resolution

Remove the preference file in your Library Preferences-

com.microsoft.OfficeNotifications.plist

If it does not help you solve the problem, you might be having issues due to extensive database corruption and need to go for entourage database recovery solutions to retrieve inaccessible data.

Microsoft Entourage Recovery is best possible using advanced and powerful third-party applications. Mac Entourage recovery tools are particularly designed to perform in-depth scan of whole database using advanced algorithms.

Entourage recovery software are incorporated with highly-interactive graphical user interface to ensure easy Entourage recovery in all corruption scenarios. They are totally safe with read-only conduct.

Recovering Sent Items.dbx File in Outlook Express 5.0 When You Are Unable to Send Emails

2010-11-15T04:22:00.000-08:00

Are you using Outlook Express to carry out email communications in your organization? If yes, then are you facing some issues while sending emails, of late? This problem could be surfacing because of corruption in the Sent Items.dbx file, which is a proprietary file that stores all the emails that you have sent. Such corruption situations can arise due to virus infections, abrupt or unplanned system shutdown, header corruption, etc. You should try to fix the problem by renaming the original Sent Items.dbx file to create another copy and recover Outlook Express emails. However, if that does not solve the purpose then you should use a third-party Outlook Express recovery software to address the situation.

Let us consider a situation in which you are using Outlook Express 5.0. when you try to send an email, you are unable to do so. An error message is displayed in this regard to notify about the problem.

“An unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP, Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800C013B.”

Cause:

The most possible cause of this error in Outlook Express is that the Sent Items.dbx file is damaged or corrupt.

Resolution:

To address this problem, you should rename the Sent Items.dbx file and restart Outlook Express to automatically create a new copy of Sent Items.dbx file. The following steps are required to do this:

Click Start | Find, and click 'Files or Folders'.
Type 'Sent Items.dbx' in the 'Named' box.
Select the primary hard disk in the 'Look In' box, and click 'Find Now'.
From the list of search items, right-click 'Sent Items.dbx' file and click 'Rename'.
Type 'Sent Items.old', and click OK.
Restart Outlook Express. Now, try to send an email to check if the problem is solved or not. On most occasions, this method would work.

However, if the problem is still persisting then it means that the DBX file is severely damaged. In such cases, you should use a third-party dbx recovery tool to repair the corrupt DBX files. These tools recover Outlook Express by restoring all emails without modifying the original DBX file.

The most recommended DBX recovery software that works for Outlook Express 5.x (5.0, 5.01, and 5.5) and 6.x versions, is Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery. With the competency to recover emails from damaged DBX files from any logical corruption, this Outlook Express recovery software preserves the formatting of the RTF and HTML messages. In addition, this mail recovery tool is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.

Manually Move your Entourage Data to Perform Entourage Recovery

2010-11-11T04:14:00.000-08:00

There are some situations where you need to move your Entourage database manually. Such situations include when Entourage database gets corrupted, Entourage application gets damaged or you upgrade to a newer version of Microsoft Entourage. There are various methods to manually move your data from one account to another. Such methods help you prevent need of entourage repair solutions.

IMAP and Exchange Server users can get their emails just by creating a new Entourage Identity and entering their account information. For other accounts, you can use any of the below methods-

1. Drag the individual Entourage items. However this method does not require any sound technical skills but it is not much efficient. If you have a large database, this option is not suitable.

2. Use MBOX method. MBOX is a folder that lets you can your Entourage folders in a text format. AppleScript’s script can also be used to automate this process.

3. Archive Entourage Database. Microsoft Entourage enables you to export your data to RGE file (Entourage archive) using Export option under File menu. You can export all your emails, notes, tasks, contacts, and calendar entries to RGE file.

While moving your data in Entourage, you must not change the folder structure to ensure best results. A minor mistake of changing the database structure while moving the data may result into database corruption and put you in need of entourage recovery solutions.

Entourage database corruption is a very common problem that may occur to every database. In order to ensure absolute Entourage database recovery, you are required to opt for advanced and powerful third party Entourage repair software.

Entourage Data Recovery applications are particularly designed to perform in-depth scan of whole database and extract all corruption and inaccessible data from it. They offer easy Microsoft Entourage recovery with simple and interactive graphical user interface.

Accidental Deletion of Meeting Requests Can Be Handled

2010-11-10T21:14:00.000-08:00

It is highly imperative for the user of a Microsoft Outlook to not work without this application. The first thing that a user does is log into the account to check his/her mail. Not only that, contact details, notes, meeting requests are all stored in this application. Consider, if one fine day, a user logs into his account to check the time of a meeting request, and finds it to be absent. In such a grave situation, the user finds it difficult to comprehend the reason behind this behavior. Irrespective of the reason behind such a behavior, a user needs to use email recovery software.

Such situations seldom happen, but their presence cannot be overlooked. Last week, I encountered this problem myself. Having received a couple of meeting requests, interview schedules, etc, both face-to-face-meetings and on-line-meetings, I decided to delete a couple of old emails, along with a couple of previous calendar entries. But without realizing, I also ended up deleting a number of old entries that were meant for future meetings. I also empty my recycle bin every time, I delete some entries in my MS Outlook account.

Next day, I was getting ready for a meeting that was scheduled around noon. But, suddenly I realized that my Outlook didn’t have any information regarding the same. On confirming with other colleagues, I realized that I had deleted a large number of vital meeting requests. I didn’t know what to do! And searching on the Internet would not yield any result. But it did. I learn of this wonderful mail recovery application that was not only simple to use, but was also read-only in nature. No sooner did I read about it, then I downloaded the same, and installed it. Thankfully, I had not compact pst, otherwise I might have lost things forever. Anyway, this deleted email recovery tool worked like wonder, and recovered all my deleted entries quickly.

Stellar Phoenix Deleted Email Recovery is a highly reliable application that supports MS Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. Compatible with all versions of Windows, including Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT4, this robust email recovery software is embedded with a detailed help manual on a graphical user interface. This tool recovers and saves almost all the deleted components of a PST file, including deleted e-mails, attachments, calendar items, contacts, meeting requests, notes, distribution lists, journals, appointments and tasks.

Compact PST to Reduce the Chances of Corruption

2010-11-08T04:28:00.000-08:00

MS Outlook is an exhaustively used email management application across the globe by millions of users. MS Outlook creates a PST file for storing all the information received, sent or created using this application. You can also term these files as the repository of MS Outlook that is used for saving email items such as contacts, tasks, messages, calendar information etc. With the versions of MS Outlook that are available in the market, Personal Storage files are usually created in two formats- ANSI and UNICODE.

ANSI PST is the format of older versions (97, 2000 and 2002) of MS Outlook and have a physical size limit on PST (ANSI) files of around 2 GB. This means that if the size of PST files exceeds the 2GB size, user would not be able to work with Outlook as the file becomes inaccessible. Also, the increasing size of PST can result in corruption of Outlook database file. Varied performance issues of Outlook database files also suggest a user to limit the size of outlook database file or compact PST file size.

When the size of Outlook database file increases it affects the performance of Outlook by slowing down the Outlook processes. User can act smart if he decides to compact PST before the file touches the threshold size of 2GB. Compact PST files as this is the ideal way to combat corruption in Outlook database files and further save your data from possible loss situation. You can follow the steps given below to compact PST file in Outlook 2007:

Launch MS Outlook 2007
Select File > Data File Management option. "Account Settings" dialog appears
Select the Data Files tab
Select the Personal Storage Table (PST) file
Click the Settings button. "Personal Folders" dialog appears
Click the Compact Now button. Outlook will start freeing up the extra space in the PST file
Click OK after the compaction process completes successfully
Click the Close button to exit

Although, this option in MS Outlook 2007 will help you to compact PST but its limitation is that it simply empties the extra space in these files without offering any other flexibility to manage data in them. On the contrary, compact PST tool offers its users an array of flexibility to manage their PST data.

Using Compact PST tool, a user can not only compact PST file but also compress PST files as well as all attachments in them. In addition to this, the user has the following options:

Compress all attachments in new PST
Remove all attachments in new PST
Remove all attachment from new PST file and save them in another folder
Remove all attachments from new PST to save and compress them in another folder.

This way you have the power to save and manage the attachments in your outlook database files as per your requirement.

This wondrous compact PST tool allows the users to compress multiple Outlook database files in a single cycle. Up to 2147483648 PST databases can be compressed in a single compress cycle. Try its free evaluation version to get a fair idea of its working and features. The free version works just like the full version but it saves only the first 5 emails per folder after compression.

Errors Due to Large Size PST File - Split PST

2010-11-08T04:24:00.000-08:00

In Microsoft Outlook 2002 and prior versions, the PST file is set in ANSI (American National Standards Institute) file format, which sets the largely file size limit of 2 GB. It's about 2 GB size shows quick performance, takes time to load and gets damage beyond 2 GB. On the other hand, in 2003 (except IMAP4 and HTTP accounts) and 2007 use Unicode format , having 20 GB default file size control. But the concert issues are also not exclusion in these versions. Thus, to overcome such issues, you are forever optional to keep Personal storage file size or Split PST File, at any time necessary.

From time to time, when you try to start Office, you might obtain the below mention error message on screen:

"Errors have been detected in the file "file path". Quit all mail-enabled applications,
Where, 'file path' refers to file path. As optional in the error message, running Repair Tool doesn't determine the easy to get to matter and you go on to the same error message at the starting time. This error message is specific to previous versions.

You might also receive a similar error message while trying to copy files:

"Can't Copy the items. The file %PST file name% has reached its maximum size. To reduce the amount of data in this file, select some items that you no longer need, then permanently (Shift+Del) delete them."

Cause

The previous error message occurs due to outsize Personal storage file size. When you go over size restriction, above error message comes. Repair Tool is the built-in utility designed for repairing damaged personal file. Thus it cannot resolve the obtainable extra-large file size matter. However, you get the concluding error message when file size is just about 1.82 GB. It principally occurs when the object to be copied is large enough to make Personal storage file size to 2 GB.

Solution

There are few possible solutions to solve such errors:

o Saving attachments to a file system folder and deleting them from only one of its kind messages
o Using commercial application.

This tool truncates the original file, making it method. So, this is not a perfect tool when Personal storage table contains significant in sequence that cannot be deleted. It cuts a user distinct amount of data. However, to bring on using the tool, you should follow these steps:

o Make sure that your hard disk contains at least 2 GB of free space
o Backup the unique storage files to foil failure errors
o Download the whopping crop tool
o Create a new folder and take out the 2gb152 to it
o You then need start Pst2gb program, included in the prior extracted files
o Browse and open the oversize file
o You should next click Create and specify the name and location of data file to be reduced. Click Save
o Next, you need to specify the amount of data that you desire to truncate.
o Use Repair Tool to check the truthfulness of smaller file.

Saving Attachments to a file system folder

Using this method, you can condense file size as all message attachments get saved to similar folder.

File Splitting tool

Tools are the profitable applications used for splitting a large size file into several slighter files. These are read-only tools, built with controlling technology. Such tools feature precise documentations, graphically rich user interface and safe file splitting method.

Steps to Compact a PST File to Conserve Storage Space

2010-11-03T03:25:00.000-07:00

PST files are responsible for storing Outlook settings and other personal information for the users, therefore, they can go a bit heavy on data sometimes. It is necessary to compress the files in order to free the space on the hard drive of the computer. Lets find out how to go about the process.

Microsoft Outlook allows users to manage the emails received by them in an orderly fashion. Emails are the most widely used form of communication used on the web and is used to exchange a lot information on a daily basis. Therefore, to guarantee a secure and efficient access to one's emails and information stored in them is of utmost importance. The Outlook email management client also allows users to create notes, calender entries, tasks, address books and maintain a journal, apart from offering email management features. Now, Outlook is primarily used to manage the flow of emails within an organization.

All the emails and related information are servers, which can be later used to recover Outlook if something goes wrong. However, if the Outlook client is being run independent of a server, that is, being run as a stand-alone client, all the data is stored on the hard disk drive of the local computer. As users have a tendency to use multiple OST and PST files, they marginally fill the space on hard disk. Even deleting data from PST files does not help, as the data which is deleted in stored in the Deleted Items folder, which is a part of the respective PST file, therefore, users need to manually go to the Deleted Items folder and delete the discarded items.

However, users need to make sure that they don't hard delete any file which can be later used to recover Outlook if it crashes. After deleting the files from the Deleted Items folder, users will then have to compact pst file in order to free space on the hard disk. Users should keep it in mind that the compacting process does not remove all the free space from the PST, because it is programed to leave at least 14 KB or 4 percent of the file size before it gets compacted. Microsoft has set a few requisites that make a PST file eligible for the compacting process. Firstly, the PST must be larger than 16 KB and secondly, it should have 16 KBs of free space.

Now, compaction can be done manually or automatically. For automatic compaction, Outlook must be running on the background and no other CPU related process such as copying or file downloading should not be taking place. For manually compress pst file, visit the 'File' menu on Microsoft Outlook and click on Data File Management. Now, select the PST or Personal Folder users want to compact and click on 'Settings'. When a new window opens, click on the 'General Tab' and click on 'Compact Now'. Click on 'OK' and 'Close' to exit the application.

If you are using Microsoft Outlook 2010, click on the 'File' menu located on the main ribbon and select 'Info'. Then, access the 'Account Settings' tab and then click on 'Account Settings' again. Then, after selecting the 'Data Files' tab, click on 'Personal Folder' and click on 'Settings'. After that, access the 'General' tab and click 'Compact Now'. However, if something goes wrong with client, users can always use the Advanced Outlook Repair tool in order to recover Outlook.

Corrupted Database of Entourage can be Recovered

2010-11-03T02:21:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Entourage is basically an email client from Microsoft. It is a component of MS Office designed and developed for Mac OS. It is used as to organize and store your crucial data. Data stored in entourage is in the form of database with separate identities. It provides emails, calendar, contacts, appointments etc.

Entourage has a strong database, but in spite of having it corruption still occurs. The database corruption happens due to number of reasons like: attacks of virus, malfunctioning of application, corruption in the header of file, low power supply or improper system shutdown and many more.

After corruption the accessible file becomes inaccessible and an error message comes across while attempting to open it. Some of the error messages are:

“Entourage is corrupted”

“Unknown error occurred”

“Database is damaged”

“Unable to open the file”

Now, there is no need to worry about the above errors, because entourage recovery is possible. With the help of third party software that allows the complete recovery of entourage database.

The Entourage Data Recovery software allows the entire recovery of database in efficient way. It not only recovers the lost files but also repair it gently without making any changes in the original file.

it has very attractive user interface for the easy recovery of RGE.
It is an advanced repair utility tool that repairs .RGE files.
It is easily compatible to the upgraded version of entourage 2008.
It is compatible to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard, and 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Entourage Repair for handling the problem of crash

The problem of database crash is unexpectedly and left your data inaccessible. This is the situation of data lost in entourage. Corruption in entourage happens when you attempt to vacant the directory of deleted items from your account. It starts sending error messages “want to send a report?”

Application of entourage reports the corruption of database, while trying to open it up and facilitates the option of rebuilding of damaged database. Again it throws an error “Unable to launch an error occurred” after selecting the option of rebuilding of databases.

The reasons behind such corruption in databases are might be in corruption of Entourage installation tool, unique identity of entourage database damage. In order to escape from such scenario of crash you should select Entourage Recovery software.

This third party recovery tool for entourage is the appropriate solution to repair the crash in the entourage database. Its advanced algorithm provides quick scanning process offers you the fast recovery in few minutes. It can efficiently works in the all possible causes of corruption. With the help of entourage database recovery utility tool’s simple and attractive user interface you can easily get the recovery of damaged database, because it doesn’t require any technical skills.

Convert OST PST file to resolve OST file opening errors

2010-11-03T02:12:00.000-07:00

MS Outlook uses OST file or offline storage file that is being used to work in offline mode. The problem with the earlier versions of outlook is that they can not open OST file having file size of 2 GB or more. This oversizing of the ost file may cause ost file corruption.

Consider a practical situation where you try to open an .ost file using MS Outlook client but it fails and shows following error message

Errors have been detected in the file file_path. Quit all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox Repair Tool.

Here, "file_path" is the path to the .OST file.

Reason :

Basic reason behind this problem is that .ost file has a limitation of file size i.e. 2GB. When, OST file exceeds that limit, the error message occurs when it is executed to get synchronised with the exhange srever. The inbuilt Inbox Repair Tool (ost2gb.exe) cannot resolve this problem. In such situation, you need to convert ost to pst file to get back all lost, inaccessible OST file items.

Resolution :

Initially, try to recover data using inbuilt 2 GB truncation utility that comes with MS Outlook. Doing that follow the given steps:

Start the Ost2gb.exe program.
Click Browse to select the large size .OST file, and then click Open.
Click Create, select the name and location of the truncated OST file that you want to create, click Save.
Type in the amount of the data that you want to truncate in the resulting .OST file. There is not a correct amount that you use. You receive the best results if you use 20 to 25 MB, but you can truncate more or less.
Run the Inbox Repair Tool on the smaller .OST file.
Open the repaired .OST file in Outlook.
If the file opens, right-click the root folder of the OST file, click Properties, and then click Compact Now to start the compression.
If the file does not open, discard the truncated OST file, and repeat the process with the original .OST file. Truncate more data than in the first attempt, and try the process again.

If still the problem is consistent, then the only way is to use email migration software especially designed to repair corrupt OST file and hence convert ost pst file. Software recovers all the OST file data like emails, notes, appointments, jouranls etc. are previewed in a tree like structure so that you can select and save the data at any location into a separate PST file.

Oversize PST File Shared Over Network Results in Slow Speed of Outlook

2010-11-02T01:55:00.000-07:00

You have heard from most of the Outlook users that because of oversize PST file their are facing problems. It has been observed that oversize PST file whether it follows the UNICODE or ANSI format falls the Outlook users into number of problems. Outlook application stops working. It is a practical phenomena, anything that gets overload creates problem. Same is the case with Outlook PST file. Usually, users think that it is better to use MS-Outlook with Unicode format instead of ANSI format because of large size. But this is there misconception. Also for UNICODE format, there is a size limitation. When the PST file exceeds that limitation, then also same problem encounters. So, to avoid the oversize problem download split pst software. You can easily split pst file and manage mail-objects quite easily.

Suppose, in an organization a single Outlook PST file is created for the employees to store the Outlook messages in it and that PST file is shared on a network. At the initial level, data of e-mails can be maintained easily. Mails get received on a regular basis. After sometime, you will notice that the size of the PST file reaches or exceeds the set size limitation. A situation will appear in front of you when oversize PST file cannot be accessed and in case if it is accessible, then it is quite slow to open. To get over such ridiculous situation, there is a need for an absolute solution so that user can access or manage PST file easily.

It is advisable not to store Outlook PST file on a network.

Resolution:

To solve above problem because of oversize PST file, it is advisable to transfer the file from the shared network to a local computer system. After moving the file, follow the below suggestions:

Remove the data or mails that you donot need longer. Also delete it from the folder named as ‘Deleted Items’ folder.
Make a new PST file and import data into it.

If you are not satisfied, then make use of a third-party PST File Splitter. Make a search on an Internet you will get numerous software that splits large PST file into number of small PST files with much ease. Download a demo version of the software, if available to check whether software works or not. Along with software, a well documented procedure comes. With the help of these procedure, you can easily split pst file. These tools are totally safe to use and it employs simple easy steps.

Using Advanced PST Splitter to Split Oversize PST File into Smaller Files

2010-11-01T23:37:00.000-07:00

The Microsoft outlook is a management of personal information from the Outlook. It is widely used by the business users as an email application which includes the calendars, task, manager, contact, notes, journals and we browsing. The Outlook use the PST (personal storage table) file to store the copies of messages, calendars etc.; the PST file have the storage capacity up to 2GB. The size of the PST file expands or becomes oversize dramatically due to the growth of personal information or communication which causes the slow performance of the Outlook. Therefore, the user needs to split the Outlook PST for the better performance of the outlook.

The software named as "PST splitter" is a split software which is designed to split the large size PST file into small files for the better and fast performance of the Outlook PST. It is very effective and reliable software which splits the files without hampering, overwrite or damaging the original PST file and also helps the user to use the PST files separately without any connection from each other. The PST splitter software can split all the items and folders like contacts, calendars, journals, emails, inbox, outbox, drafts etc. The PST split software can split Outlook PST archives in just few seconds as the instant solution for the slow performance of the Outlook due to oversize PST file.

The pst split software runs successfully on windows 98, ME, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista and Windows 7. The software is build with the user friendly interface which makes easy to understand the software for the novice user without any prior knowledge of Split PST. The PST splitter can used under the circumstances such as slow running of Outlook, effective management of Oversize PST file and when the File size grows to 2GB. After splitting the file into unlimited files, the user gets the better performance of Outlook in moving, searching, opening, copying, exporting etc.

The Outlook Split PST File is a non destructive application which ensures the absolute safety of the original Outlook PST files by saving the divided PST files into a new specified location. It helps to increase the speed of Outlook and also prevent the Outlook PST files to eliminate from risk of corruption or damaging the PST files due to large size of the PST.

Use of OST Repair Tool when Directory Service Gets Damaged

2010-11-01T23:29:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Exchange Server uses a specific type of service, which identifies all of the resources over the network and makes those resources accessible to Exchange Server users and related applications. This special service of Microsoft Exchange Server is called Directory Service. When a Microsoft Exchange Server crash takes place, the directory service gets impacted and you have to regenerate the service. In these situations, after you regenerate the Exchange Server Directory Service, Offline Storage (OST) file on the client system could not be synchronized with Microsoft Exchange Server user mailbox and so it could not be converted in PST (Personal Storage) file. Thus, you are required to manually Convert OST File into PST using specialized applications.

1-Prior to regenerate the Exchange Server directory service, all the Exchange Servers must be online and should be able to commune with one another. Otherwise, when the directory service would be regenerated on the Exchange Server database, it would take control of all the public folders or other services and thus it could not communicate with them. If you come across this situation, it becomes impossible to return to the public folder to the original server.

The procedure, which you would follow, is called the DS/IS Consistency check. It analyzes the local public and private Exchange Server Information Store database and the Directory Service database on other servers for accessing information related to the faulty server. This information could be used by Microsoft Exchange Server for restoring all of the mailboxes, site connections and directory replication connectors.

Although, this procedure helps to restore a damaged Exchange Server, but it comes with a limitation. You can not restore information of individual mailbox by regenerating Exchange Directory Service. The mailbox and the private information store might be restored. But you still be able to access the mailboxes and stored data.

In these cases, you need to recreate Exchange Server profile, which requires you to Convert OST to PST. This is best possible with the help of powerful and advanced third party OST Repair Tool.

These applications use high-end algorithms to effective convert the unusable OST to PST file. These applications have self-descriptive and simple graphical interface to let you easily Convert OST PST File. Due to read only and non destructive design of these applications, the original recovery is performed always.

Reasons of OST File Corruption: To Recover Convert OST to PST

2010-11-01T05:06:00.000-07:00

We all use MS Outlook to carry out both internal and external corporate communications. All the Outlook data is stored in a proprietary file called PST (Personal Storage Table) file. However, at times Outlook is used in cached mode, also known as offline mode, at places where the network is either not very reliable or limited. You can work in the offline mode as you would work normally while the changes are reflected when the connection is made with the Exchange Server. All the data in the offline mode is saved in an OST (Offline Storage Table) file, which can get corrupt because of various reasons that are discussed later in the article. To recover OST file, the in-built tools can be used to do the needful. However, if you are unable to do so then you should use a third-party Convert OST to PST converter that converts OST to PST file after repairing the OST file.

There are few cases when the Outlook OST gets corrupt or becomes orphan. In such cases, OST file needs to be recovered as the unsaved data can be lost. These cases are:

The OST file is corrupt or damaged. There are some unsent emails that you want to recover.
There is some data that exists only in the local OST file as it has not been synchronized with the Exchange Server.
The Exchange Server is unavailable for some reasons. Because of this, the OST file is unable to get synchronized. Some of these reasons are:
The user mailbox is shifted or deleted from its original location.
The Exchange Server system is shut down for sometime.
The name of the Exchange server or the user mailbox is changed.

Resolution:

To overcome such situations, you should use the in-built OST Integrity Checker Tool (Scanost.exe) to repair and rebuild the OST file. This tool checks and repairs each component in the OST file with its copy in the Exchange Server.

If the issue is not resolved even after using the OST Integrity Checker Tool, then you should use a third-party OST recovery tool to recover OST file. These read-only tools, then, convert OST to its equivalent PST file without making any changes in the original OST file.

The best OST recovery tool that repairs corrupt OST files from all instances of logical corruption and converts it to PST file is Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Desktop. Recovering OST files created for MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000, this OST to PST converter restores emails, attachments, tasks, journals, contacts, calendar entries, etc. With the ability to preserve the formatting of the HTML and RTF messages, this convert ost pst file utility is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.

Unknown Error 0×80040600 after Using pst19upg.exe

2010-10-31T23:04:00.000-07:00

pst19upg.exe is a common software used for outlook password recovery which has been lost or forgotten. Originally, the tool was designed to upgrade an older version PST and enable it to work with later versions of Outlook. But the resultant file generated by the tool is free from password protection. However, experts advice not to rely on the utility when it comes to integrity of PST file. The reason is that, even this can corrupt the file, causing more issues to the user.

Following is a realistic instance that will help you comprehend such problems in more detail:

(1) A user creates an Outlook PST and enforces password protection.

(2) After some time, when he tries to unlock the file, he cannot remember the password.

(3) The user runs pst19upg.exe utility to remove the password.

(4) When he tries to open the PST file created by pst19upg.exe, Outlook shows the following error:

“An unknown error occurred error code 0×80040600”

As a result, users cannot access the file content.

Cause

Unknown Error 0×80040600 indicates corrupted PST. Use of pst19upg.exe corrupts the password-protected PST file.

Solution

You are advised to backup the PST before using pst19upg.exe utility to avoid such issues. Always use the utility on a copy of the file.

However, to deal with the existing problem, you can try to repair the corrupted PST. Microsoft Outlook installation includes a built-in utility called, Inbox Repair Tool to fix corruption in PST files. To do so, you need to enable view of hidden files and folders, and locate 'Scanpst.exe' file. Opening the file starts the Inbox Repair Tool and allows you to repair the corrupted PST.

If the file cannot be repaired and you have a backup, password-protected PST, you can use a third-party pst password recovery utility. These utilities use safe scanning procedures and proves to be a highly competent product that is used to Recover PST Password. You can use the easy to use utilities in any case when you lose or forget the PST file password. The free trials of these utilities are available on Internet.

Entourage Repair When Corruption Hides Your Database

2010-10-31T22:08:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Entourage enables you to create multiple Identities to effectively manage various accounts. Although users create multiple copies of the Identity as backup, but still they face corruption. It is extremely significant to Identity Entourage corruption at early stage to avoid severity of corruption and prevent permanent data loss. Corruption hides your database and put you in need of entourage data recovery solutions.

Microsoft Entourage might work without any problem, but damage might be lurking in database. Following are the ways that can be used to identify Identity corruption-

Verify corruption using Database Utility-

Microsoft Entourage includes Database Utility to detect and fix corruption using Verify option. You can launch this tool by holding down the Option key while launching the application.

Export data to an RGE file-

Mac Entourage enables you to archive all your items in the RGE file by exporting them using Export option in file menu. If corruption is detected, export process cannot be completed successfully.

Export data to MBOX file-

It is the last option to identity that everything in your account is working properly. It is possible to export all the folders from your account to the MBOX file. In case any folder is corrupt, export process will fail.

If you detect corruption using any of the above methods, it becomes essential to repair entourage to extract data it contains. After corruption, application cannot read the data and database gets hidden. In order to sort out such issues, Entourage repair software comes for your rescue.

The Entourage Recovery applications are particularly designed to perform thorough scan of whole data and ensure absolute Entourage recovery. You need not to have sound technical skills to use these Microsoft Entourage recovery tools as of their simple and rich graphical user interface.

Entourage Database Corruption and Entourage Database Recovery

2010-10-28T21:30:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Entourage is one of the most popular and powerful Email clients from Microsoft for Mac OS X operating system. It is part of Microsoft Office for Mac suite of products. The most recent version of this email client is Entourage 2008, which is included in Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac.

It stores all your valuable data in a single database. The Entourage database contains a separate Identity for every Entourage account. The Identity works as a database for each user. Users can switch Identities whenever required. Identities are stored in the Identities folder in Microsoft User Database folder.

Under some circumstances, the database may get damaged due to various reasons, including application malfunction, improper system shutdown, virus infection, and Identity corruption. At this point, Entourage account cannot be accessed and you run across critical data loss situations.

Ways to Fix database corruption in Entourage-

• Restore from Backup- Entourage software enables you to backup or archive your database in RGE file. If you have an updated and valid backup of Macintosh Entourage database, import it to the application.

• Rebuild Database- If backup is not updated, you can try repairing the database using Database Utility. It is an inbuilt utility of Microsoft Entourage that enables you to Rebuild Entourage database.

• Use Entourage Recovery Software- If none of the above methods work, you need to opt for commercial Entourage repair software to repair and restore damaged database.

Entourage Database Recovery tools are particularly developed to perform thorough scan of whole damaged Entourage email database and extract inaccessible data from it. Entourage software retrieve all of the database items, including emails, tasks, notes, contacts, journal, attachments, and appointments.

Such tools entourage recovery is a quite easy way with simple and extremely-rich graphical user interface. You need not to have sound technical skills for using these tools. They preserve complete database integrity while recovering data due to their safe conduct.

Troubleshooting the Exchange server error:The server could not be found

2010-10-27T23:13:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Exchange Server is widely used across the world for messaging. Microsoft has developed this collaborative application. Exchange Server makes a separate mail account for every user. Mail-account contains mailboxes and an exact copy of mailbox is stored in hard drive locally in the form of OST file. You can access data even when the Internet connection is not available through OST file. When you access data from Exchange Server mailbox, the OST file is synchronized with Exchange Server and automatically gets converted into PST. But in some situations, the synchronization between Exchange Server and Outlook cannot be done and thus the OST file cannot be converted into PST. In such situations, you need to choose a third party tool to convert ost to pst file.

To further classify this issue, let's take a practical example when you try to send or receive e-mail or synchronize with Exchange Server, you encounter below error message that shows like this:

”The server could not be found. (Account: account name, POPserver:'mail', Error Number: 0x800ccc0d)”

On getting this message, you fails to send or receive e-mails from your system

Cause:

The causes behind the above problem can be due to following reasons:

OST file gets damaged

No Internet connectivity or a network is there, or your mail server is disconnected.

Settings regarding the account is not correct.
Outlook mail account is damaged.
An e-mail item on your POP3 server is damaged.
Outlook software is damaged
Virus infection.

Resolution:

To resolve above error message you need to check some points:

Verify the Availability of Internet
Verify the Account settings.

Still if you are facing problem then choose a third party convert ost pst converter that converts the unusable OST to usable PST and allows you to restore the mail-objects such as e-mails,contacts, appointments, calendar-entries, To-do etc.

Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Desktop v4.0is an advanced and robust application that converts the unusable OST to usable PST. It previews the restored messages in RTF and HTML formatting. This software supports the MS-Outlook 2007, 2000, 2002 and 2003. It restores the OST to PST on any drive that can be detected easily with the operating system.

Upgrading Outlook 2002 to 2007 could lead to PST corruption

2010-10-25T22:06:00.000-07:00

In today's competitive business era, upgrading to a newer version of Outlook is an indispensable task. It helps you maintain pace with the ever-changing technology whilst giving a boost to your performance at work. Obviously, the newer version would boast of highly useful features which an earlier version lacks. But, if you are thinking about an upgrade already, make sure that you do it carefully. In fact, before upgrading you must maintain a backup of the PST file to avoid any adverse situations like corruption. PST corruption is a grave issue and should be kept at bay, or else it would lead to data inaccessibility and your work would be hampered. The whole purpose of upgrading to a feature-rich application gets defeated when you cannot work efficiently. Moreover, if PST corruption occurs unknowingly, you must consider using a third-party outlook recovery tool.

To elaborate more on problems related to upgrading, let's consider an imaginary scenario, wherein, you have Outlook 2002 installed on your computer. When you upgrade it to Outlook 2007, and open it for sending e-mails and performing other tasks, it behaves in an unusual manner. At times, you cannot open it and may receive the following error message:

"A data file did not close properly the last time it was used and is being checked for problems. Performance might be affected while the check is in progress."

Cause

The above error message can occur in the following conditions:

Outlook 2002 uses the ANSI PST while Outlook 2007 uses Unicode PST file. The error might erupt when Outlook 2007 tries to access PST in ANSI format.
If the PST file in question is damaged or corrupt

Resolution

You must observe the following PST repair steps in order to eliminate the issue:

Change the format of the PST file from ANSI to Unicode
Use the Inbox Repair Tool (Scanpst.exe) to fix corruption errors in a PST file.
If the Inbox Repair Tool, which is an inbuilt utility of Outlook, fails to resolve the issue, then you must go to the Internet and download a reliable and efficient professional PST Repair tool.

Corrupt PST can be repaired safely by using a competent software like Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Recovery. The application recovers all items namely e-mails, calendars, journals, distribution list etc in a safe manner. You can use this PST repair software on your own as it is very user-friendly and incorporate simple and intuitive graphical user interface. The software supports MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000 versions.

PST Recovery When Windows Crash makes Outlook Non Responsive

2010-10-18T23:13:00.000-07:00

Computer systems have evolved with time, and so have the operating system. They have both become complex, yet are quite easy to use! With time, they have become more reliable, more spacious, more user-friendly. But does that mean that they are not prone to virus attack, software bugs, crashing, abrupt system shut down due to power failure, or power surge. No, not really! Though, they are improving with time, and these issues are not causing as much havoc, as they used to, yet, the systems are not completely prone to them! Not even a single application that runs on these computers has been able to escape the problems thus caused. For example, Outlook mail application can fall prey to a system crash. And in case, these problems affect a system, the user has little choice, but to opt for Outlook recovery.

Ever encountered blue screen along with crashing of my Windows 2002 operating system? Ever expected that suddenly the mail folder would stop responding? Well, I had! And, one fine day, after one such similar crash, my Outlook 2000 mail folder refused to start, and I was at a loss, not knowing what to do, and what not to do? And, all my mails, attached files, contacts, notes, etc were lost! I didn't know what to do? Then I learnt through somebody about ways to perform PST Repair.

There is a tool known as the Inbox Repair Tool, known as scanpst.exe that can be used to repair the PST file. The scanpst.exe file can be searched with the help of Search for files or folders available in the Start menu. Once the search is complete and the scanpst.exe file is found, it needs to be started, and path and file name of the personal folders file needs to be typed. Clicking on browse can also help in searching for it.

But, in my case, it didn't help me in outlook recovery. And since I didn't have a backup, I had to then opt for a third-party pst file recovery tool to repair my file, and to be able to access my mails, contacts, etc. I had learnt that these tools were highly sophisticated, and employed complex algorithms to a copy of the PST file to extract all the inaccessible data, for the user.

Accessing PST Over the Network Can Corrupt the PST File

2010-10-12T22:26:00.000-07:00

Every Microsoft Outlook user, knowingly or unknowingly, relies on a PST file. With the technology simplifying life for all, it has become possible for the user to access his/her pst file over a network. But what will happen if we abruptly lose network connection to our pst file? The file closes abruptly!We all know that any file, if not closed properly, tends to get lost or corrupted. That is why it is very crucial that any Outlook user closes his/her application properly. But the same cannot and should not be done over the network! Because in case you have done so, you will need to opt for pst file recovery.

There are times and situations when we simply need to access our mails that are stored in our mail clients, and owing to some reason, we do not have access to our system. It could be that somebody else is working on it, or something else. In such a situation, we have to use another system to access our mails. The situation of network losses are few, but not non-existent. That is why, sometimes users find themselves in a irretrievable pst data situation. Though, Microsoft has advised against such a usage, warning users about data loss and file corruption, it has also provided scanpst.exe, an outlook recovery tool that is used to repair corrupt pst files.

Irrespective of the version of Microsoft Office installed on your computer, your scanpst.exe tool is located inside your Program files folder. But the exact location varies with the Microsoft Office version installed on your computer. Search for the tool using the 'Search' option that can be accessed by clicking 'Start', followed by clicking 'Search'.

Once you find the tool, open it, and either 'Browse' for the pst file, or just type the path of the file. Just click 'Start' after this. Once done, your pst file should be up and running. But sometimes even this PST recovery software fails to perform its task. In such a situation, a third-party outlook recovery tool can be opted for. That is why, it is always good if you have a backup of the pst file. And when you run the scanpst.exe tool, just make sure you take a backup of the original corrupt pst file. Sometimes these third-party tools can repair the original corrupt pst, but fail to do so, in case the scanpst tool has tried to repair it. You can try to repair your pst file using the free trial version of the software.

One of the tested PST recovery software that works in almost all pst file corruption scenarios is Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair Software. Designed to support all PST files created with MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000, the outlook pst recovery is also compatible with all versions of Windows, including, Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

Ways to Recover Hard Deleted drafts in Outlook

2010-10-05T21:21:00.000-07:00

Have you deleted certain important drafts from your Outlook? No worries! You can easily navigate to Deleted Items folder and retrieve them back. But, if you hard deleted them using shift + delete combination, you are in a grave trouble. Hard deleted mails cannot be recovered from the 'Deleted Items' folder. Thankfully, there are ways to overcome this problem if your Outlook is configured with Microsoft Exchange and your administrator has set it to retain the deleted items for a specific duration of time. To empower yourself to recover permanently deleted e-mails, drafts and other items from Outlook, you must make changes to Windows registry. This way you can perform deleted email recovery very easily.

This article not only explains you how to recover permanent deleted drafts, but also makes you familiar with the hard deletion situations. A regular delete operation can be executed in Outlook by simply hitting the delete key. A draft deleted this way would go to Deleted Items folder and you are in a condition to recover it for few days. But, if you hard delete a draft or another item, it never goes to the 'Deleted Items' folder and gets removed permanently. Here is a list of hard deletion ways:

If you use Shift + Delete key combination
If you are using IMAP 4 (Internet Message Protocol) or POP 3 (Post Office Protocol) which usually do not send the deleted drafts/e-mails or other items to the 'Deleted Items' folder.
Or if you delete the draft from an OST file and wipes off it from the Deleted Items folder prior syncing it to the server

Deleted Mail Recovery is possible in all the above-mentioned situations. You can recover deleted drafts by utilizing the Exchange server's retention period.

Items deleted from the 'Deleted Items' folder can be retrieved by using the 'Recover Deleted Items' option in tools menu. However, you can activate this highly useful feature on other folders as well including Drafts, Inbox, Outbox etc. It can be done by modifying Windows registry settings. Here are the steps:

Start Registry Editor
Locate the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Options

Click Add Value on the Edit menu. Add the following values:

Value name: DumpsterAlwaysOn

Data type: DWORD

Value data: 1

Close Registry Editor

After you make the above-stated changes to the registry, you would become able to recover any hard deleted draft or item using the 'Recover Deleted Items' folder. However, in order to recover drafts deleted prior making changes to registry and avoid serious complications (which can erupt due to incorrectly modifying registry), you must choose a third-party deleted mail recovery application.

For recovering hard deleted drafts, e-mails and other items, you can blindly rely on Stellar Phoenix Deleted Email Recovery. The application recovers deleted objects from both Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express. Moreover, this deleted mail recovery software supports Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT4 (SP6) and restores original formatting of RTF and HTML messages.

Are You Facing Problem while Opening a Outlook PST File?

2010-10-05T21:07:00.000-07:00

It is abvious to get upset and often irritated when you receive errors in MS-Outlook. Usually, error occurs when application internally stops working. The main reason for the abrupt behavior of the MS-Outlook application is the corruption of the PST file. PST file gets corrupt due to number of reasons. Whatever may be the reason, the main objective is to make the application usable to work and access the email data. That's why Microsoft has provided an inbuilt Inbox Repair tool to repair pst file. Other methods applicable include using third partty repair PST software.

To classify above issue let's consider a practical example. Suppose you try to use MS-Outlook application to send mails, but when you open MS-Outlook application it prompts an error message

that looks like this:

“The message file file_path/Outlook.pst can no longer be accessed because it has been damaged by another application.”

After getting above error message, data contained in the MS-Outlook application remains untouched.

Cause:

As already discussed, PST file corruption is the only reason for the occurrence of the above error message. When another application is opened with MS-Outlook, it results in abrupt behavior of MS-Outlook. In other words, interaction of some other software application with MS-Outlook definitely prompts an error message.

Resolution:

To resolve above error message, you need to Repair PST File. Try using the inbuilt Inbox repair tool To execute the tool, follow the steps that are discussed below:

Quit Outlook application if opened.

Go to Start > My Computer > Tools > Folder Options > View > and enable the folder 'Show hidden files and folders' option.
After enabling the file, Go to Start >> Search >> All files and folders.
Enter 'Scanpst.exe' to search for the tool.
Double-click the tool and start repairing the PST file.

Sometimes Inbox Repair tool becomes unable to repair corrupt PST file. In such situation, make use a third party Outlook PST Repair tool. The tool repairs PST file and enables to access mail-objects, such as messages, contacts, attachments, appointments, journals, and tasks. Number of tools are available in the market that does outlook pst recovery quite well.

Do not store PST files on network

2010-09-22T23:21:00.000-07:00

A PST file is a file-access-driven method of storing messages. To elaborate, the computer system utilizes special file access commands provided by the operating system to read and write data to this vital file of Microsoft Outlook. If you store a Personal Folders file on a network, the possibilities of its getting corrupt and unusable are quite high. This happens because WAN/LAN uses network-access-driven methods. When the PST is stored on a network, Outlook uses the file commands to perform read/write operations, while the operating system would then send the commands on a network, since file is not located on the local machine. This increases the time for read/write operations and a PST file can become corrupt if connection fails. In PST corruption scenarios, you can rely on the inbuilt utility Inbox Repair Tool for fixing errors. However, if corruption is severe, you must switch to a professional outlook recovery software.

Consider a scenario, wherein, you have an archived PST file (related to a project). You have shared it over a network so that few of your colleagues can also access it, as and when required. One fine day, when you make an attempt to open it, you may receive the following error message:

"Unable to expand the folder. The set of folders could not be opened. Errors could have been detected in the file drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst. Quit all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox Repair Tool."

Due to the above error message, the PST file and its content become inaccessible.

Cause

A PST file over a network is never supported because in an enterprise environment they are not supposed to be long-term, continuous method of storing e-mails and other information. Corruption occurs too frequently when you try to access the PST file and network connection degrades or fails.

Resolution

The following Outlook PST Repair steps are the best possible workarounds available:

In order to repair the erring PST file, you must consider employing the Inbox Repair Tool (Scanpst.exe).
If the error persists and Scanpst.exe fails to repair the file, then use the backup file as the primary PST file
In case backup file is not available, download a third-party Repair PST File software.

On the Internet, you will find several applications which promise to repair damaged PST files but do not just select and use any. Be wise, and opt for an easy-to-use yet efficient application i.e. Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair. This software repairs damaged PST files and recovers all its elements including e-mails, calendar items, journals, appointments etc. This Outlook PST Repair application supports MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000 versions.

Can't Read, Delete or Send/Receive Mails on Outlook 2003

2010-09-22T02:45:00.000-07:00

Ever encountered error while sending/receiving your emails through Microsoft Outlook 2003 when working on your Microsoft Windows XP operating system? Or, have you received an error message while trying to read emails from your Outlook 2003 Inbox, installed on Windows XP. Or, did you just try to delete something in that application, and were refused to do so, and were greeted with an error instead! Chances are that the personal folder file, i.e., your PST file (in which all your sent, received mails, attachments, contact information is saved) is corrupt! Don't panic! You can always use the pst file recovery tool, known as Scanpst.exe to Repair PST File and access all the data that was saved in your Outlook.

Consider the following error message while trying to send/receive with your Outlook 2003:

“An unknown error has occurred. 0X80040600”

Or,

“An unknown error has occurred. 0X80040119”

Or, while deleting an email:

“Messaging interface has caused an unknown error”

As previously mentioned, the error is caused due to corruption of the PST file. This corruption doesn't allow the user to make any modifications to the PST file, and thus you are prohibited from reading, sending, receiving or deleting any mail.

To combat this problem, you need to use the Inbox repair tool, i.e, the scan tool to analyze the PST file and repair it in the best possible manner.

While scanning the PST file, this Scanpst.exe tool uses a hidden file, and the user should make sure before running Scanpst.exe to enable viewing of the hidden files. This can be done by clicking on the 'tools' menu in any folder, and selecting 'folder options', followed by clicking on 'View' tab. Just click 'Show hidden files and folders' option under 'Hidden files and folders', and click on 'OK'.
After this, Exit from Outlook.
Go to 'Control Panel', select 'Mail', then click 'Data Files'
Click 'Personal Folders', followed by 'Settings'. Note the name that appears in the 'Filename' box, and click 'OK', and then click 'Close ' twice.
Search for the tool 'Scanpst.exe' in C:\ drive using the Windows Search option available in 'Start' menu. The result will soon be displayed.
To run this tool, just double-click it.
In the box labeled 'Enter the name of the file you want to scan', just type the name that you had noted from the 'Filename' box, and click 'Start'. Once the operation is complete, click 'OK'.
Open the Outlook application, and see if it is allowing you to read, send, receive or delete without any errors, then the problem is removed. Otherwise, you'll have to opt for pst repair software to perform comprehensive pst file recovery.

Learn to recover deleted e-mails in Outlook 2007

2010-09-18T03:55:00.000-07:00

Unwanted e-mails in Outlook can create major issues as they lead to an inflated PST. Therefore, in order to keep Outlook and the PST file in good working condition, it is important to delete unimportant mails. If you delete certain mails, considering them not useful anymore, they get transferred to the 'Deleted Items' folder. If you end up deleting an important mail, you can rely on this folder to get your mails back instantly. However, if you delete an e-mail and it is not there in the 'Delete Items' folder then it becomes quite tricky to retrieve that e-mail. This situation occurs with many Outlook users who in their bid of getting rid of unwanted e-mails end up deleting an e-mail (s) containing vital information. The problem becomes grave when it gets too late to perform deleted email recovery from the 'Deleted Items' folder.

This article describes the ways which you can use to recover deleted e-mails in Outlook 2007. Outlook 2007 gives its users an option to amend their mistakes and avoid disastrous situations resulting from accidental deletion of important e-mails. You can recover deleted e-mails from Outlook 2007 even when the 'Deleted Items' folder has been left emptied. Wondering how? Well, the deleted email recovery can be performed in Outlook 2007 using 'Recover Deleted Items' option. Here are the steps to follow:

Start Microsoft Outlook 2007
In the left panel, select the folder from which you have deleted e-mails
Now select Tools, click 'Recover Deleted Items' option. You will receive a window which will depict the deleted e-mails from the selected Outlook folder.
Select and recover the required e-mails by hitting 'Recover Deleted Items' option
Mails would be saved at their original location

The above-mentioned steps detail you on how to recover deleted e-mails using the inbuilt recovery option available in Outlook 2007. However, this option can only be used if you are connected to Microsoft Exchange Server. The Exchange Server administrator sets a retention time for the mails and other Outlook items which are permanently deleted. If this time goes by then it is impossible for you to recover a single mail.

In all such situations, there still lies a hope in the form of a third-party deleted email recovery software. These applications are developed to recover deleted e-mails/items when Outlook 2007's inbuilt utility fails to deliver expected recovery results due to its limitations.

For recovering permanently deleted e-mails from Outlook and outlook express, you must download and use Stellar Phoenix Deleted Email Recovery. This application recovers deleted e-mails and other items from PST and DBX files of Outlook and Outlook Express, respectively. The deleted email recovery software supports MS Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000 and Outlook Express 5.x, 6.x versions.

Stellar Updated "Stellar Phoenix Lotus Notes Recovery v2.0"

2010-09-16T23:15:00.000-07:00

Stellar Phoenix Lotus Notes Recovery is a complete recovery solution for damaged Lotus Notes (NSF) files. Software repairs corrupted NSF files and restores all contents of a NSF file. An intensive scan of the NSF file extracts all the data files, repairs it and recovers to a new usable NSF file. After the recovery of NSF file the software shows content of NSF file as original. All folders that were existing in the original NSF file will be shown with their contents in the two-pane structure.

Key features:

• Enables user to view messages headers

• Recovers e-mails,attachments, calendar entries, contacts, To Do and journals from damaged NSF files

• Recovered file will be saved as .nsf file on any (including network) disk visible by the host operating system

• Show preview of e-mails, calendar entries, contacts, To Do and journals of NSF files

• Supports Java Applets and OLE objects

Comparison Report

Feature	Stellar Phoenix Lotus Noted Recovery 1.5	Stellar Phoenix Lotus Noted Recovery 2.0
Save Scan Information	Available	Not Available
Support for Java Calender, To Do Contacts & Journals.	Not Available	Available
Preview of Mails,Calender, To Do Contacts & Journals.	Not Available	Available

Few Reasons and Resolutions for Outlook PST Corruption

2010-09-14T05:00:00.000-07:00

MS Outlook uses the PST (Personal Storage Table) file to store all the Outlook-related information such as emails, calendar items, notes, journals, contacts, etc. This PST file is transferable and can be used on a different system from the one on which is created. However, you may find some problems in using Outlook because of PST corruption due to miscellaneous reasons. When you encounter PST corruption, you should try to repair the PST file. If you are unable to perform PST Repair, then you should use a third-party pst recovery software to do the needful.

Causes:

There are lots of reasons that can make an Outlook PST file get corrupt and disable you from using Outlook in the desired manner. Most of them can be classified into two categories, hardware and software reasons. These reasons are discussed in the subsequent parts of this article:

Hardware reasons: These occur when the PST is unable to store or transfer the data due to hardware problems. Some of them are:
- Faulty networking device: If the PST file is on a network and there are some problems while accessing the network, then the PST file may get corrupt.
- Power failure: If the power goes off when you are using Outlook, then the PST file may get corrupt.
- Failure in the data storage device: If the hard disk contains some bad sectors and the PST is contained in some of these, then the PST file would get corrupt.

Software reasons: At times, the PST file can get damaged due to software related issues. Some of them are:
- Virus infections: Some malicious software may damage the PST file thereby making it inaccessible.
- Bugs in application version: Due to deficiencies in the Outlook version, some bugs may cause PST corruption.
- Outlook exiting abruptly: Some incompatibility issues may cause Outlook to exit suddenly, which results in almost same reason as the 'Power failure' point.

Resolution:

If the PST file has got damaged due to any of these discussed reasons, then you should use the Inbox Repair (Scanpst.exe) tool to repair PST file. In addition, if you have encountered the “2 GB problem”, then you should also use the “2 GB Truncation” utility to crop the overgrown PST file by about 20-25 MB followed by the Inbox Repair tool.

However, if the Outlook PST file is not repaired using the Inbox Repair tool, then you should use a third-party pst recovery software to do the needful. These Outlook Recovery tools ensure that no data is lost while preforming the data recovery.

The most used pst recovery tool is Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Recovery, which recovers PST files created for MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. Capable of repairing several objects, this pst recovery software is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.

How do you Solve Lotus Exception when Database in Use by You or another?

2010-09-07T02:01:00.000-07:00

Lotus Notes is an email client and collaborative application used in larger organizations. When an organization incorporates a Lotus Notes Domino server, it usually also deploys Lotus Notes for its users to read mail and use databases. Access control list (ACL) is used by every database that specifies the level of access or rights an employee or a server can have to that specific database. Notes was the first software application that uses public key cryptography for client-server and server-server authentication and makes the possibility for the encryption of data. Sometimes issues related to database arise while accessing a database. However, to overcome such issues related to database you need Lotus Notes Recovery tool that repairs the notes storage facility (NSF) files and enables you access your mail objects quite easily.

To further study this issue, Let's talk about an error message that is received while deleting mail-files.

“Database is currently in use by you or another user”

On receiving this message, you will fail to delete an e-mail you want to delete.

Cause:

The cause for the above mentioned error is that the mail-file is accessed by an Anti-virus software that is running on the server.

Resolution:

Follow the below mentioned steps to resolve the issue. These steps will help you to overcome this problem, if need arises you may have to go for a Lotus Notes Recovery as well.

1 First of all change the settings to Basics.

2 If the problem persists on a local copy of the database, clear/delete the log files(log.nsf and

cache.ndk) from the path c:\note\data folder

3 Shut-down the Notes and again Restart it.

4 Decrypt the Lotus Notes mail file. Decryption can be done by compacting the database of the mail

and again change the plain Text into cipher Text means encrypt it.

5 Use server copy of the mail file from a different system to log on. To access mail add a copy of the ID file to the notes directory.

If the problem is not solved by performing above steps, then the only solution to resolve an error message is to use NSF File Recovery utility.

Stellar Phoenix Lotus Notes Recovery v1.5is a comprehensive tool that scans and recovers corrupted NSF files of the Lotus Notes Database. This tool is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, NT4 (SP6). It restores the mail objects(e-mails, contacts, calendar-entries, tasks, events, attachments etc).

Stellar Released "Stellar Phoenix Mail Password Recovery v1.0"

2010-09-06T02:22:00.000-07:00

Stellar Phoenix Mail Password Recovery is a user friendly application to recover the mail client password saved at local machine. It supports a number of popular and latest mail clients available. Users can recover user name and password of any of the supported mail clients in a single mouse button click.

Features

• Supports all the latest and popular mail clients.

• Recovers user name password of mail clients.

• Gives an option to save recovered user name and password in a text file.

1) Recovers Domain Name, User Name & password for following mail clients

a) Microsoft Outlook (2000, 2002, 2003, 2007)

b) Outlook express

c) Windows mail

d) Windows live mail

e)Incredimail (5.x, 6.x)

f) Eudora (4x, 5x, 6x, 7x)

g) Mozilla Thunderbird (2x, 3x)

h) Netscape Communicator (7x)

i) The Bat (4x)

j) Becky-Internet Mail (2x)

k)Fox Mail (5x, 6x)

l) Poco Mail (4x)

m) Pegasus Mail (4x)

n) MailThem Pro

2) Recover to File: User can save the password in a text file.

Minimum System Requirements

• Processor: Pentium Class

• Operating System: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7

• Memory: Minimum 256 MB

• Hard Disc: 20 MB of Free Space

• MS Office:2000/2003/XP

Stellar Released "Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair v1.1"

2010-09-02T22:26:00.000-07:00

Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair is a powerful software to repair corrupted Entourage database files. It supports MS Entourage 2004 and upgraded version of 2008. Software rebuilds the database file without doing any change to the corrupted file. It recreates a repaired file at a location of user's choice. All e-mails, calendar, notes, reminders, and tasks are recovered in the repaired file.

Feature List of Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery V1.1

Better support for Entourage 2004
Support for upgraded version of Entourage 2008
Recovery of lost folders & lost mails

Comparison Report

Feature	Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair 1.0	Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair 1.1
Microsoft Entourage 2004	Supported	Better Recovery
Upgrade Version of Microsoft Entourage 2008	Not Supported	Supported
Lost Mails and Folders	Not Supported	Supported

Stellar Released "Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Recovery v4.0"

2010-09-02T21:45:00.000-07:00

Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Recovery repairs corrupt or inaccessible Exchange Database and restores mailboxes as directly importable PST files. Quick and efficient scan extracts all the mailboxes including the deleted mailboxes, from the EDB file. In addition, software offers selective mailbox restoration. The simple and easy to use software provides preview of the mailbox items such as - Emails, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Attachments, Sent items etc.

Feature List of Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Recovery

Supports MS Exchange 5.5, 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2010
Repairs corrupt or inaccessible Exchange Database (EDB) file
Recovers Unicode-formatted EDB files
Quick recovery of mailboxes
Recovers accidently deleted mailboxes
Allows selective recovery of mailboxes
Provides preview of mailboxes
User-friendly and secure software
Compatible with Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows 7

Comparison Report

Feature	SPMER 3.1	SPMER4.0
Supports MS Exchange 2010	No	Yes
Preview of Mailboxes	No	Yes
Selective recovery of mailboxes	No	Yes

Recover Emails That are Deleted Due to Virus Attack

2010-08-31T23:52:00.000-07:00

Can Virus be the reason for Deleted e-mails of Microsoft Outlook? The answer is yes. Microsoft Outlook is an email client and it uses database to store all important data including email messages, calendars, contacts, appointments, tasks, events etc. Sometimes it happens data of the mail objects disappeared from the mail account. Number of reasons can be possible for this nature. But Virus can be one prominent reason for deletion of E-mails. E-mails contain valuable information regarding personal and business purpose. Anything important is quite painful to lose. However, to avoid such pathetic situation user needs to go for a third party Deleted Email Recovery tool. This tool gives you an opportunity to recover deleted emails and helps you to restore mail-objects from PST.

Let's consider a scenario. For a moment, think you are downloading something from a website and your present virus definition of the antivirus program is not up to date. After sometime you access Outlook mail account and noticed that some e-mails are not present in the mailbox or anywhere. You searched these mails but no results found. Your mails are permanently deleted. Those e-mails contain valuable information and now you require those deleted e-mails. The reason behind this abrupt behavior is Virus Attack. When you download anything from the website, virus destroy some PST files and brings inconvenience.

As we have talked above the root cause behind the above problem is Virus infection. Virus has deleted your Outlook PST files that contains personal as well as business important information.

You can try some methods to sort out this problem of MS-Outlook application. Use an efficient antivirus software. Using the antivirus software will save your important information from various virus attacks. Always try to maintain a backup of the PST files for future reference.

However, in case you do not have an updated backup the only way to recover your deleted emails is to go for a third party deleted email recovery tool that will definitely help you to overcome this trouble.

Facing Problems related to Oversize PST File? Jump to Outlook PST Splitter Tool

2010-08-30T23:52:00.000-07:00

In today's fast paced world anything is possible due to the introduction new technologies. While in one hand it has enhanced our capabilities, still at some fronts, we are facing few limitations. Like, peoples who are using MS-Outlook 2002 and earlier versions have a file size limitation of 2 GB. Other users using the same software but the version is upgraded like MS-Outlook 2007, the file size is different. But due to small size, MS-Outlook 2002 users face problems like no new or more data can be added to the PST file when these files reach the maximum size. This behavior leads to email inaccessibility and your valuable data loss. Also the Outlook PST files gets corrupt and starts showing abrupt symptoms. In this state, an updated backup of the old PST files becomes a great help. However, if not available then you left only with a third party pst file splitter software.

To further classify this issue let's take an example of MS-Outlook 2000. The size limit of the Outlook 2000 is up to 2GB. If the PST file crosses the size you receive an error message same as given below:

“The file file_name has reached its maximum size. To reduce the amount of data in this file, select some items that you no longer need, then permanently (shift + del) delete them.”

On getting this message, you will become unable to add new data in the PST file of the MS-Outlook 2000. As the PST file approaches or reaches beyond the 1.82 GB size the PST file gets corrupt and becomes unable to add any new-data.

Causes:

The root cause behind the above error message is exceeding the PST file size that is more than 1.82 GB.

Resolution:

To resolve the above error message you need to follow below steps. If error message still blinks on the system screen after performing below methods. Then use a third party Outlook PST File Splitter utility.

If the backup is available then use it. Make a new Outlook PST file and start importing data from the original PST.
Other option can also help you to get over the above error message. Select the messages you have read or you don't need any longer, delete them .
Empty the folders of the MS-Outlook by permanently deleting the folders by shift+del command.

Fixing Messaging interface has caused error in Outlook 2007

2010-08-30T23:47:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Outlook users often face PST corruption problems. The causes behind corruption include application malfunction, PST stored on a network, abrupt system shutdown, exceeding permissible size limit and others. In all the above situations, Outlook might display unusual behavior and run slowly. And, if corruption is severe, then gear up to face a grave data loss problem. However, you can deal with such issues if you have a backup of the damaged PST file to retrieve information from. But, if you do not have a valid backup and your PST files has got damaged, then also you have a good chance of recovering your e-mails, calendar entries and other information. The appropriate solution is available in the form of a reliable and professional PST repair software.

Consider a scenario, wherein, you have installed Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista-based system. When you try to view an e-mail or when you click Send/Receive button in Microsoft Outlook, you might receive the following error message:

"An unknown error has occurred. 0x80040600."

"An unknown error has occurred. 0x80040119."

Additionally, when you attempt to delete an e-mail message, you might encounter the following error message:

"Messaging interface has caused an unknown error"

Cause

The above error messages might pester you in situations when you have a corrupt PST file. Outlook is showing irregularities because it is not able to extract information from its repository and vital file i.e. PST.

Resolution

To tackle corruption issues with a PST file, you must observe the following Outlook PST Recovery steps:

Use and run the Inbox Repair Utility, Scanpst.exe, to eliminate errors from a damaged PST file.
Scanpst.exe is a hidden file and to make it available for use, you have to follow the below-listed steps:

Click Start, type control, and press Enter
Click Appearance and Personalization
Now click Folder Options
Click the View tab
In Advance Settings, check Show hidden files and folders option

Close Outlook, click Start, in the Start Search box, type the following and press Enter:

%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office12\

Double-click the Scanpst.exe to initiate the Inbox Repair Tool
Type the path and name of the damaged PST file in the Enter the name of the file you want to scan dialog box
Click Start
After the repair process is complete, click OK
If you are able to read or view mail and use Send/Receive button, then the problem has got resolved.

And, if you cannot isolate the corruption problem, then download and use a PST Repair application.

Many repair tools are available which vouch to repair corrupt PST files in a risk-free manner. One such reliable application is Stellar Phoenix Outlook Recovery . This application repairs corrupt PST files in all corruption circumstances. Compatible with MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000, the Outlook PST repair application also restores deleted e-mails and password-protected PST files.

How to ward off 'No transport provider was available...' error in Outlook 2000?

2010-08-29T22:05:00.000-07:00

If you are an Outlook user, you must have been aware of the problems which plague you off and on. A prominent issue which can give major headache to you is occurrence of various error messages while performing regular tasks. At times, you might encounter an error message while trying to send an e-mail to one of the recipients in the distributions list. The error message appears irrespective of the Outlook configuration in use including IMO, Corporate or Work group or No E-mail. The reason behind such abrupt behavior and unexpected error message is a corrupt PST file. If a PST file becomes damaged in any of the afore-mentioned configurations, it becomes important for you to think about highly effective pst repair steps.

Think of a scenario, wherein, you have installed Outlook 2000 on your computer. When you make an attempt to send an e-mail to a particular recipient or recipients, you might receive the following error in the body of the message:

"No transport provider was available for delivery to this recipient."

As a result of the above error, usually known as an NDR (Non-Delivery Report), the message bounces back and it cannot be sent across on repeated attempts.

Cause

The above error message can appear in the following conditions:

Presence of a damaged contact
Presence of an apostrophe in your computer's name
If the mail transport is improperly configured in the mail profile
Or if the PST file is damaged

Resolution

You must follow the below-mentioned methods which also include instant way to perform instant Outlook PST Repair:

Delete and re-create the damaged contact by observing these steps

Go to the Contact Folder, click and select the damaged contact
Go to Edit, click Delete
Go to Actions, click New Contact
Type in the information and click Save and Close

Go to Control Panel, on the Identification tab, type a new name for your computer sans an apostrophe
For correcting the configuration settings, observe the following steps:

Go to Start>Settings, click Control Panel
Double-click Mail
Click Show Profiles, select the profile and click Properties
Select the mail transport and click Properties
Compare all the properties and check them as per the information provided by your Internet Service Provider or System Administrator

In case of a corrupt PST file, you must use a third-party Repair PST software. Such tools are safe and can be used blindly to repair damaged PST files of Outlook.

For best repair results, it is recommended you try using Stellar Phoenix Outlook Recovery. The Outlook PST repair software repairs corrupt or damaged PST files created with MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000 versions. The application can be equally trusted to recover permanently deleted mails.

How to open password-protected Outlook PST files?

2010-08-25T05:29:00.000-07:00

The PST file is used to store e-mail messages, calendar events, tasks and other information within Microsoft Outlook. By using password protection feature, you can protect the contents of a sensitive and crucial PST file and prevent any kind of invasion. Things become serious when you cannot recall the password set to your PST file and all you important information becomes inaccessible. Such issues can be easily handled provided you have an appropriate and reliable pst password recovery application. These utilities help you recover PST password by applying intelligent scanning algorithms. The details of how it is done can be found in the later part of this article.

Let's consider a practical scenario, wherein, you have an archive PST file which stores information and communications regarding a pending business deal. To safeguard its content from unauthorized people, you decide to set a password to it. One fine day when you try to open this less-used PST file to fetch some data, you just cannot punch in the correct password. You try to type the correct password but fail. Since you cannot afford to work on the pending agreement without gathering information from the archive PST file, it has become quite important for you to recover pst password.

What to be done?

PST password if gets lost or forgotten can be retrieved easily. Yes, you read it right. To elaborate this, I would like to share how actually a PST password is set. When you set a password to a PST file, Microsoft Outlook stores the CRC32 hash value of the original password instead of saving it as it is. Now, when you try to open a password-protected PST file, Outlook verifies the hash value stored into it . If the hash value is found to be 0, your PST file will be opened. This implies that you can use another set of passwords which create the same CRC value.

The above principle or the weak link in PST password protection has paved the way for pst password recovery software. In order to crack the PST password, all you have to do is get the CRC hash value and decode it to get a usable password. This can be easily done by using a professional software.

A reliable application which generates various usable PST passwords is Stellar Phoenix Outlook Password Recovery. The software helps you recover lost or forgotten PST passwords without any risk. Being read-only it doesn't dilute the content or original information stored in a PST file. You can use this application to recover pst password for the following Outlook versions including Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000.

How to deal with Oversized PST in Outlook 2002?

2010-08-19T23:54:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier versions have a 2GB size limit on PST (Personal Folder) files. Once a PST file exceeds the permissible 2GB limit, it becomes unusable and corrupt. Moreover, PST corruption leads to Outlook exhibiting peculiar behavior. In many instances, you cannot access e-mails, contacts and other information stored in Outlook. To get rid of such issues with your PST file, it is necessary that you take suitable measures like using the 2GB truncation utility, followed by running the Inbox Repair Tool. However, if you want to go for a secure way to repair your PST file, then you must opt for a third-party repair pst software. These applications are designed to fix corrupt PST files, irrespective of the reason behind corruption.

Consider a scenario, wherein, you are using Outlook 2002 as your official e-mail client. One fine morning you open Outlook or try to open the PST file to send few important meeting invitations and e-mails, you may receive the following error message:

"Errors have been detected in the file . Quit all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox Repair Tool."

In the above error message, the file path refers to the location of the PST file. If you try address the problem by using the Inbox Repair Tool, it doesn't help you.

Cause

The error can be experienced when a PST file exceeds the size limit of 2GB and becomes corrupt. Since the Inbox Repair cannot resolve this problem, you have to switch to accurate outlook pst recovery steps, which are described in the 'Resolution' part of this article.

Resolution

To fix the problem with the PST file, you must execute the following pst repair steps:

Download and use the 2GB truncation utility. The tool gives you a new copy of the PST file after truncating it between 20 to 25 MB.
Now run the Inbox Repair Tool (Scanpst.exe) on the truncated copy of the PST file
After using the above-mentioned tools, you can open the repaired PST file in Outlook

The 2Gb truncation tool has its own drawbacks. Firstly, you should have 2GB of free hard disk space in order to use this utility. Secondly, the application truncates a user-defined amount of data from the PST file which means you receive a smaller PST file which will not contain few messages or information.

There is a better and secure way to repair your corrupt PST files and that is employing a third-party software like Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair. The easy-to-use application repairs and recovers all components of a corrupt PST file efficiently. This Outlook PST repair application is compatible with Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000.

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