Few tips for PST file Recovery

MS Outlook is specifically designed to store one’s personal information such as emails, contacts, appointments, calendars in the form of PST (Personal storage table) files. These files are saved with the .pst extension. But in case of Outlook 97-2002, the PST file size is limited to 2GB. If data stored exceeding this limit can lead to large sized PST file and inaccessibility of the files due to corruption issues, thus largely affects the system performance. In this situation, PST Recovery is the best possible option.

You can determine the size of PST file by making use of Properties section of Personal Folder in Folder view. Containing folders get listed on the screen after which you can find out which folders are taking large space and can make resolution to them by following these steps that helps you avoid any further PST file recovery:

Empty the deleted items folder: When the data is removed, they are sent to Deleted Items folder which adds to the PST file size until it is emptied. So, you can clear it either manually or selecting all and pressing delete key.

Moving few mails to new PST file: You can create a new PST file and move the information from the old PST file to the newly created one.

Cropping PST: PST crop tool is helpful to reduce the size of oversized PST but this process can cause data loss situation because it deletes data while cropping.

Split 2GB PST file:This can be served as the best option when it comes to PST recovery from corruption. You can perform the task of splitting PST with the help of PST Recovery tool. This repair tool divides the files into smaller divisions and thus reduces their size. They work so efficiently without making any kind of data loss. It supports all the version of MS Outlook so nothing to worry about compatibility.