How to repair and restore Outlook 2013 PST file

Published by Jacob Martin on May 31, 2014

Are you unable to access your PST file of Outlook 2013? Or do you believe that your PST file has got corrupted? If yes then you have come to the right place where you can get the complete solution to your problem. Or if you are willing to know the solution then you must follow this post in brief.

Microsoft Outlook 2013 manages to store your important data such as e-mails, e-mail contacts, task, schedule, appointments & meetings, notes, calendar etc. This program is one of the best that is widely used by everyone. This is the latest version of Ms Outlook of windows OS. It not only stores and manages your crucial data but it can also store your songs, videos, movies.

Usually this application is normally used for official purposes. In MS Outlook 2013 all these data is stored in a particular file that is known as PST (Personal Storage table). But sometimes due to various reasons your PST file may get corrupted or damaged and due to this happening it also affects your work. Any type of corruption or damage to your PST file may result in data loss and thereafter you cannot open your PST file. But fortunately there are various solutions that can help you in fixing your corrupt outlook 2013 PST file. But before that let us know what are the basic causes that are responsible for PST file corruption.

 Major Causes of Corruption of PST File:-

• Virus attack – This is the prime reason that can easily corrupt your computer data including PST files.
• Oversize issue – Sometimes when the PST file size exceeds its limit of 2GB then it gets damaged.
• Abruptly shut down of the system – While you are working on your Outlook 2013 and suddenly your system gets shutdown, may lead to PST corruption. Abrupt system shutdown can happen due to power failure.
• Hard drive failure  – Sometimes your PST files may becomes inaccessible due to hardware failure.

So the above mentioned are the basic causes that can corrupt your PST file and may result in data loss. At such point of time, using the third party PST repair too is the best method for repairing and restoring your Outlook 2013 PST file.

How to restore Outlook 2013 PST file

There are two types of method is available for repairing and restoring your corrupt PST file. They are:

1 – Use Inbox Repair Tool or Scanpst.exe – Microsoft has provided the inbuilt utility tool that is known as Scanpst.exe or Inbox Repair Tool. This tool is very helpful and effective which you can use to repair you damaged or corrupted PST file. But this tool is hidden in folder and that is why most of the users can’t find it to fix their problems. So, you have to first find this utility to fix the pst corruption. The location of this tool varies according to Outlook versions. For MS Outlook 2013 you can find it in C:\ Drive>Program Files>Microsoft Office>Office15. This tool comes handy and it fixes several related problems but sometimes it fails to fix the problem due to some limitation.  In such cases you can go for second method.

2 – Use Professional third party PST Repair tool – It is recommended by experts that users of Ms Outlook 2013 must look forward to use a professional Outlook PST file Repair Tool to repair damaged or corrupted PST file. It is the best method for recovering your damaged PST file as it is uses the advanced technology and recovers the data safely and securely. This software is capable for repairing those files that has crossed the limit size of 2GB. It allows you to preview the data after scanning and it also allow you select the items before recovery. All above features makes this tool the number one and this is why most of the users use this tool to repair and recover their PST file.