Way to Resolve OST Error Issues and Retrieve Its Original Data

Exchange Server is a mail server which only runs on Windows server operating server. When Exchange account mailbox is configured with Outlook, it will save a local copy of Exchange mailbox data in user's system.

For creating OST file in a system locally, admin must have to enable cache mode in user’s Exchange account.

OST file enables user to work offline, when they are not connected with Exchange Server and synchronize the changes with Exchange server when connected with network. However, when working with these offline folders user get my issues such as data deletion and corruption. for solving these kind of issues, user needs a permanent solution. In below article we will discuss the OST file issues and resolution.

Problems in OST Files

Corruption In OST File

OST files are prone to failure and corruption, there can any reason that results OST file damage whether it’s due to hardware or software reasons.

Reasons For OST File Corruption:

Hardware issue includes problem in hard drive, bad sector, power failure, issue in network device or network failure.

Software issue includes viruses, abnormal Outlook termination, error may occur while synchronizing the changes made on OST files to exchange server.

Intentional or Unintentional OST

Deletion of data is another issue in OST file, user may deletes their data due to intentional or unintentional reasons. To get all deleted data back is also a big task, However, user can easily recover soft deleted data items but when it comes to permanently deleted data items it's little difficult task to recover them back. For recovering permanently deleted data, admin must have to impose some policies but if it does not happen, in that case user can go for below mentioned solution:

Solution TO Recover OST File

To recover OST files from corruption and data deletion user can go for OST Recovery Tool that have following features:

OST Recovery tool can recover permanently deleted data items from OST file

• Generate instant view of OST file data items including emails, calendar, contacts, task

• With OST Recovery tool one can repair corrupt OST file

• After performing Recovery and repair with the tool, one save OST file in PST, EML, MSG format.

• It also provides option to split a large exported PST file into small PST files.

• OST Extraction tool can recover any size of OST file and number of OST files

• It also supports compressed and highly encrypted OST files.

• An exclusive OST to PST tool offers very easy and user friendly interface

Feriha is a blogger who provides articles mainly upon migration of one file format to another.