PST file is known as Personal Storage file, it is the file format that Microsoft Outlook created locally in your computer system in order to save your Emails, Contacts, Journals, Drafts, etc. As we know that PST file is stored on the hard drive it can be use to access mails while working offline. Regular usage of Outlook to access emails may tend to damage the PST file. Once this happens Outlook might refuses to open and it might result in deletion of Emails.

SCANPST.exe which is an Inbox repair tool gives errors like “The Inbox Repair Tool does not recognize the file xxxx.pst. No information can be recovered”. Such error indicates that the .pst file is severely corrupted and the SCANPST.exe tool is incompetent to repair in the following case.In this situation the user might be in a dilemma so as how to repair Outlook PST file which has been corrupted.

Now, users might be wondering what may be the reason for the corruption of PST file. The commonly know reasons are

• PST has exceeds the file limit: – The PST file of MS Outlook may get corrupt when the file size exceeds the file limit according to the version of Outlook used. The file limits of PST various from 2 GB in Outlook 2000 to 50 GB in Outlook 2010. Once PST file crosses the maximum limit the file gets corrupt and user cannot access emails at all.
• Incorrect file system recovery: – Sometimes when the file system is corrupt you may purchase a data recovery tool to recover PST file from it. In this process the original PST file is overwritten with garbage data.
• Abnormal termination: – Abnormally terminating the MS Outlook such as trying to close the applications, when it is sending mails containing large attachments.

The first option to fix corrupt PST is to use a simple tool provided by Microsoft, named as inbox repair tool or Scanpst.exe. The tool is freely distributed by Microsoft in order to repair corrupt PST file with Outlook installation package. This tool basically repairs the header of the PST file. In order to overcome this problem, user has to use third party software to get his PST file repaired. There are many softwares available in market but choosing the right software is up to the user.

Remo Repair Outlook (PST) is one such software which can repair the corrupt PST. This software is mostly recommended and awarded. This software is very safe and guarantees to recover all E-mails, Mails, Calendars, Contacts and other Outlook items. It scans, reads the corrupted PST file and recovers data. It is then stored in a new PST file to ensure safety of the source PST file. The other features of this software are it recovers emails in case of PST header damage, retrieves emails from corrupted PST files, repairs password protected PST files, etc. The program offers a free demo version, which will enable user to see if one can actually recover the corrupted emails and other Outlook components.

To try demo version of the Outlook application click the following link:   http://www.remosoftware.com/remo-repair-outlook.exe