Microsoft Outlook PST is just like any other database. It contains indexes to locate its file objects for better performance and speed. The objects can be e-mails, notes, calendar, contacts, tasks, appointments, and many others. But when these indexes get corrupted (generally because of unexpected power outage or using an indexing application), it can lead to complete inaccessibility of file and prevent MS Outlook from starting. Since the data becomes inaccessible too, it requires user to restore it from last known backup. However, it calls for PST Recovery solutions to recover PST file if the user observes that backup is either unavailable or invalid to restore the data.

In order to learn the topic in more detail, consider a user using MS Outlook 2007. The user experiences that MS Outlook cannot be opened. Further, when it views the Windows application log for the cause, it reads the following error message.

“The store <file_path>/file_name.pst is being reconciled with the indexer for the following reason: The store was last opened on a different machine.”

This behavior occurs on each attempt of opening Outlook.

Cause

The error, mentioned above, occurs due to Outlook PST corruption, more typically when the file indexes are damaged.

Solution

The measures that can help you recovering from these problems are:

  1. You can use Outlook built-in tool called Inbox Repair Tool (Scanpst.exe) to repair the file. This repair tool is included in installation of MS Outlook and is launched by its associated program file-Scanpst.exe. Since it is a hidden file, you need to first go to folder options and enable the viewing of hidden and system files or otherwise, you cannot locate the file.

  2. There are situations when the tool might fail. In such cases, you can delete the corrupted file and create a new one provided a good copy of e-mails is available.

  3. You need to use a third-party PST Recovery Tool if none of the above solutions work. Built with advanced technology to Recover PST, these software serve as most competent tools to extract data from a corrupted, unreadable, and inaccessible PST.

PST Recovery Software is an efficient tool that repairs corrupted PST and restores all e-mails, notes, calendars, contacts, and other file items. This PST File Recovery utility supports MS Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. With recovery ability for deleted e-mails, the tool has an interactive display that makes the tool simple to operate.