In MS-Outlook, size limitation is the important factor on which performance of the application depends. Size limit of the PST file of MS-Outlook varies with different versions. If the PST file crosses or exceeds the size limitation, MS-Outlook starts showing bad performance. Due to bad performance of MS-Outlook, you cannot perform operations related to the application. Basically behind bad performance of the PST file, corruption also occurs. However, to repair such a corrupt PST file Inbox repair tool can be used. In some cases, the corruption is not properly addressed. For such circumstances, PST recovery tool is quite helpful. The tool recovers PST file and makes MS-Outlook, a suitable application to work with.

Imagine a situation that you use MS-Outlook 2003, when you attempt to perform sending operation to send mail, you fail in your attempts and gets the below error message.

” Sending reported error (0×80040201): ‘Unknown Error 0×80040201.”

In addition to above abrupt behavior you cannot even perform deletion operation in MS-Outlook.

Cause:

Corruption in the PST file is responsible for the occurrence of above error message. Generally, number of reasons are responsible. Oversize PST file is also one of the factors that results in corruption. Different versions of PST file have different size limitation. For e.g MS-Outlook 2002 have size limitation of 2 GB and the versions above MS-Outlook 2002 have size limitation up to 20 GB.

Solution:

To resolve above error message you need to repair corrupt PST file. Microsoft has provided an inbuilt Inbox repair tool. As, the name of the tool sounds, this tool is used to repair corrupt PST file. You need to execute the tool. Follow the below steps to perform repair process by inbuilt Inbox Repair tool:

1. Quit Outlook application.

2. Then do a search for Inbox repair tool. Go to Start || Search || All files and folders

3. Type ‘Scanpst.exe’ to find the tool. ‘Scanpst.exe’ file is used by an Inbox repair tool.

4. Run ‘Inbox Repair Tool’ on the corrupt PST file.

5. Click on the Start button of the tool.

7. Then click OK button.

Sometimes it happens PST file is too damaged that it fails to repair corrupt PST file. In such case, truncation utility also helps to repair corrupt PST file. But chances of data-loss situation arise, if you use truncation utility. However, for better results opt for a third party PST recovery tool. The tool employs highly effective scanning algorithms to perform Pst recovery quite well.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair V4.5 is a powerful tool that scans and recovers PST in all sphere of corruption. PST objects for e.g messages, tasks, journals, contacts, attachments, meeting-requests, and more similar objects can be easily accessed.