Scanpst.exe
Choose alternative of outlook scanpst to get best result
Do you have corrupted PST file
Can I use Microsoft Outlook scanpst.exe to fix this?
Microsoft Outlook scanpst exe is free repair program which is itself provided by Microsoft outlook to repair corrupted PST file. PST file which can store your full information inside like email, contact, notes, calendar etc which with the rapid use prone to be corrupted and whenever it get corrupted you get problem in accessing it and also there would be chances of data loss stored inside PST file. To get rid out from this you need to repair .pst file and for that you can use scanpst exe.
It is an executable program which run Inbox repair tool which repair corrupt PST file. First locate it and run it to scan PST file. While you are scanning PST file, it better to make backup of that file because if any mishap happen then you can restore back from that. First, Outlook scanpst exe thoroughly scan PST file, find error and then correct it. This way it fix the problem of corruption and now you can access PST file and can save all the object stored in it.
Corruption causes are many and among these causes one cause become the reason for failure of scanpst exe (inbox repair tool). Corruption caused due to oversize of .pst file, this means size of file exceed from 2GB or 4GB. Corruption due to this reason is not easily fixed by Microsoft outlook scanpst exe. It fails in middle of scanning process or give error message which indicates that it fails and not able to fix the issue. Another reason for failure of scan pst is either PST file is severely corrupted or exe file get corrupted.
Inbox repair tool correct header problem if there is corruption in header but if there is problem in data then it delete data to fix the problem. So here also you have no management over data and anyhow you are going to lose it. Most of the user finds difficulties in finding the location of Outlook scanpst exe. Because either it is moved from it's vary place or they have not enable the option to view hidden file. As scan pst is hidden file and to view it, you have to enable the option to view hidden file. Still there would be some problem so that they not able to find the location of scanpst exe.
In all above discussed situation, still your problem of corruption in PST file is not overcome and to fix this issue, you can use third party scanpst exe (inbox repair tool). Tool is designed in such a way that it can repair corrupt PST file easily instead of looking over the reason and status for corruption. It thoroughly scans PST file and correct the issue of corruption.
