How to repair Outlook inbox?

Microsoft Outlook is a package on Microsoft Office. It is an email client included in the Microsoft office suite. It has properties like you can send messages, set remainder, make notes, subscribe RSS feeds, maintain contact , etc. Mails are saved in the PST or Personal storage table file format in the hard disk and you can categorize them in the form of folders. But sometimes you will see that outlook inbox gets corrupted. In such case, no need to worry, you can fix it by a good outlook inbox repair tool.

Factors that may cause the corruption of Outlook inbox

• Power failure: When you are accessing Microsoft outlook emails from its Inbox if there is a power failure then your Outlook Inbox may get corrupted resulting in loss of emails. This is due to the reason that your outlook profile is not closed properly due to improper shut down.
• Oversized file: You may lose your precious emails present in Microsoft outlook inbox due to corruption. The reason might be 2GB oversized PST files. When PST file exceeds its limit then you will get error that indicates that your Outlook is corrupted.
• Virus attack:Your Outlook Inbox may also get damaged or corrupted by virus like computer worms, Trojan horse, etc. This is because viruses commonly spread with the email attachments.
• Common errors: Sometimes MS outlook inbox gets damaged due to the improper use of outlook. Hard drive crash can also be one of the reasons for corrupted Outlook Inbox folder.

Even though the Outlook Inbox is corrupted, you can repair it by using in-built utilities like PST Splitter tool and scanpst. In case of oversized file you can split the PST file by PST splitter tool for smooth performance. But if you face severe problem like you are running two applications at a time or improper shutdown of the system then the inbox repair tool i.e. scanpst.exe cannot repair the PST file.PST splitter tool has also disadvantage that it deletes some data for reducing the size of the original PST file. In such case, you can use Outlook mailbox repair Software. It will help you to fix Outlook errors and solve your problem. This software has the ability to repair PST files corrupted due to 2gb oversize,power failure,virus attack, human errors. You can use this application to repair Microsoft outlook 2007 and also other versions of MS office such as outlook 2000,2003,2010. In addition to inbox repair, this application also facilitates to recover outlook deleted items with ease.

You need to download PST repair software . Install the software and carry out a small number of steps:

Step 1: Launch the software, you will find three options "Open PST file","Find PST file"and"Select Outlook Profile" as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Welcome Window

Step 2: Then click the option"Open PST File" if you know the location of the file and then browse for the corrupted files as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Open PST file

Step 3: If the location of the file is unknown then click for option "Find PST Files"shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3: Find PST file

Step 4: You can select the option"Select Outlook Profile" if you have numbers of outlook profile.

Figure 4: Select Outlook Profile

Step 5: Select any one of the scanning methods i.e. "Normal scan"or" Smart scan" according to the severity of corruption of your Outlook Inbox.shown in Figure 4

Figure 4: Select appropriate scan option

Step 6: Once repair process is done successfully, you can preview the emails recovered from the corrupted Outlook Inbox as shown in Figure 5

Figure 5: Verify fixed Outlook Profile

Tips to avoid loss of emails in future

• You should install antivirus and update it time to time so that your system do not get infected by virus
• You should always keep back up of important emails