Repair The Outlook Error That display “PST File Not Found”

Published by Jacob Martin on July 31, 2014

MS Outlook is one of the most popular and widely used e-mail manager program that is used by several users all over the world for managing their e-mails. This application is used for handling your e-mails and calendar information even when you are not connected to the internet because all of your data is stored in your computer in which the application is installed. The Outlook application makes use of the PST files that store all the information and data of the user in the computer. Now what is PST? PST stands for Personal Storage Table and it is mainly used by applications like Outlook, Windows messaging and Exchange client.

The Outlook files make use of .pst file because it is compact and it requires only less space for storing data. It helps in providing more free space in the user’s mail server, but the problem with these files is that they may get damaged when users try to apply PST file over the network. Since the data stored in the PST file that the users stores, all his data like e-mails, contacts, notes, calendar entries, etc becomes inaccessible. So, corruption of the PST file means the loss of your entire Outlook data. However, this issue can be fixed by making the use of Outlook PST Repair program.

Although we say that the Outlook PST files are safe, they are not free from corruption. It can get corrupt due to virus attack, improper handling of Outlook application, sudden shutdown of system while you were working on Outlook, confliction of software may result in damage to the PST file, etc. The most commonly error that is found due to corruption of PST file is ‘PST file not found’ error. Luckily, it can be fixed by running some good Outlook repair program. Some of the other problems found in Outlook application due to PST file corruption are not responding issue, improper working, unexpected crash and irresponsive behavior.

How to fix Outlook “PST File Not Found” error

Users can fix this error by two methods. They are:

1 – By using Outlook Inbox Repair tool – You can make use of Outlook Inbox Repair tool that is found in the default Outlook folder. It is the best way to fix the Outlook “PST File Not Found” error or any other related problems. The inbox repair tool is named as scanpst.exe and it is located on C:Program FilesCommon FilesSystemMapi1033. When you get the scanpst.exe file, just double click on it to start the inbox repair tool and then follow the instruction that is displayed by the program. In beginning it will scan the PST file for errors and it will show the errors detected. Then you can easily repair them.

2 – By using Outlook PST Repair Tool – With the help of Outlook PST Repair tool, users can easily and quickly fix and restore any kind of corruption or error related to Outlook PST file, no matter how their PST file gets corrupted, damaged or broken. It can fix “PST File Not Found” error and safely recover your PST files. The tool comes with user friendly interface and hence a novice user can easily operate it. It is compatible with all version of Windows operating system so, free download Outlook PST repair tool to try it now.

Steps for using outlook repair tool are shown below:

Step 1: You need to download, install and run outlook PST repair tool. Then click on ‘select outlook file’ to choose the PST file where you want to work or you may find the specific PST file also.

Step 2: Press “start” to begin scanning, once you have selected the PST file.

Step 3: After completion of scanning, all recovered mailbox folders and other data appear on the left side of the window. You can select the files of your choice from those.

Step 4: After selecting items of your choice you can press “save recovered file” to recover the files on your PC.

Step 5: When your files are saved, a dialogue box appears that confirms that files are saved and also shows the “recovered file size” and “destination path”.

By going through all the above procedures, you can fix your outlook out of memory error successfully.

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