OST Integrity Check Tool to Repair Corrupt OST
In many situations during the synchronization process of OST files in offline mode of MS Outlook to the mailbox on Exchange Server, certain error messages are flashed, which results in corruption of OST files. Users also notice that some of their important files are missing from mailbox after the synchronization process. In such cases, MS Outlook comes up with an in-built OST integrity Check Tool (Scanost.exe), which can be used to recover the lost OST data. This OST Integrity Check tool works efficiently, diagnosing and repairing the synchronization issues, recovering the lost OST data. This tool runs only on OST files. This tool is smart enough in scanning OST files and Mailbox on the Exchange Server, comparing the folder and items in each of them and make sure to resolve the synchronization problems. Importantly, the OST Integrity Check Tool does not affect or change the mailbox, which is connected to Exchange Server. The Tool specifies all the differences in a scan log, making users check all the issues that are found and resolved. In addition, the scan log classifies any such condition, under which the tool is inefficient in fixing certain problems, demanding manual repairing process. The path of scan log lies in Deleted Items folder. First-of-all, users must connected their system to Exchange Server, which will enable OST to PST Converter Tool to scan the mailbox items and folders. If the configuration of Outlook is on offline mode, OST Integrity Check Tool will be unable to scan the mailbox item on the server. Therefore, before running the OST Integrity Check Tool, Outlook startup settings should be changed temporally. If there are problems in opening OST file, users can use the Inbox Repair Tool (Scanost.exe) in order to diagnose and repair the error in OST files. This tool can be used for OST file as well as PST files. The OST Integrity Tool (Scanost.exe) is an in-built tool, which comes along-with MS Outlook, and its path located at “drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12.”
Repairing Errors of OST files by using Scanost.exe
- The first step is to exit MS Outlook if it is on running mode
- Then, double click Scanost.exe, which is located at the aforementioned path
- After that, from the Profile Name list click the profile that comprises the respective OST file that needs to be fixed
- If users are driven to Work Offline or Connect, then they must click on Connect.
- After that, users are required to select the option that they want
- Users must select the Repair Errors Check Box, which will induce the tool to perform automatically and resolve all the issues of OST file during the scanning process. If this box is cleared, the tool will log the problem but is unable to correct it.
- Then, click Scan
Conclusion: This in-built OST to PST tool has certain limitations and is not completely reliable in fixing the OST data corruption issues. Therefore, a professional and trusted data recovery software tool should be chosen in order to resolve and retrieve the lost OST data. Moreover, that data recovery software must be compatible with all the versions of Outlook, and guarantees to recover all the lost OST data in a hassle-free way. Such conversion software transfer all the mails in OST file to PST format, helping users to manage their mail data once again without any type of hassle.
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