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How to migrate Outlook OST to PST

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How to migrate Outlook OST to PST

Introduction

Offline Storage Table (.ost)

It is the offline storage folder of the Microsoft Outlook and it is helpful in working off-line without connected to the Exchange server. It auto-updates and save the changes from the exchange servers file on the connection to the exchange server. OST file stores items like e-mail, appointment, tasks, and notes, it is auto created when the user profile is configured by the Exchange server.

Personal Storage Table (.pst)

It is located in the local machine of the Microsoft exchange server and these files are used to store the archived items. It supports various Microsoft Client applications like, Microsoft Exchange Client, Windows Messaging, and Microsoft Outlook.

Reasons for the corruption of .ost file

  • Hardware reasons
  • Software reasons

Hardware reasons

  • Storage device:- The storage device in which the OST file is stored can be damaged to any reason. This makes the stored OST data in accessible. Aback up should be stored in different storage device to handle this type of situation.
  • Interruption in network:- This is the most common reason for the corruption of the .ost file, sudden network interruption can be caused by cable, router, cards. So because of this interruption file may not be synced properly or error while performing the tasks smoothly, to save file from this issue networks should be checked and maintained as to work properly without interruption.
  • Hard drive error:-While accessing OST data from the hard drive, user can encounter with a bad sector of the disk. This leads to OST file data corruption. Keeping good care of Hard Disk can be a nice ides to prevent this type of error.
  • Power affected:- Sudden power supply cut-off is one of the major reason for the corruption of the file, power supply back-up should be maintained to save the file from the corruption.

Software reasons

  • Sudden termination of Outlook:- After completing all the task on MS Outlook and mails user should close all the open tabs properly, but not the tab which are in progress to save the changes direct termination and interruption in saving the changes cause the file corruption.
  • Incompatible Outlook Add-in:- Sometimes the version of Add-in goes outdated and does not support the current version of Outlook. To tackle this scenario, download an updated version of that add-in so as to make a compatible version with Outlook.
  • Error in Outlook program:- In some of the rare cases, sometimes application itself causes damage to the .ost file and also to .pst file. In this situation, it is very hard to detect the reason for the corruption of the file and the issue of file.
  • Virus attack:- This is the most common reason for the corruption and encryption of the file, it is a malware that overtakes the file and causes damage to the file in various ways deleting some of the data from the existing file. When any of the .ost gets corrupt due to the virus attack it becomes encrypted and data cannot be accessed to get information or read the file.

Technical migration tool to migrate Outlook OST to PST

Here is the best and perfect utility to recover the corrupted, damaged, encrypted, debased, orphaned OST file. The eSoftTools OST to PST converter tool, this tool recovers the .ost file items like contacts, mails, calendar, notes, task, and journals and migrate into the PST Outlook, EML, MSG, MBOX, CSV, Office 365 to access and grant the information to the user. This tool can securely export files without damaging or losing the original data structure of the file.

osttopst

Specialty of tool      

  • Securely recovers the file
  • Recover OST file to export into the PST
  • Offers various conversion option EML, MSG, MBOX, CSV, and Office 365
  • A preview is shown to the user
  • MS Outlook installation is not required for conversion
  • Supports all version of MS Outlook 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019
  • Supports all version of MS Windows
  • Converts OST to vCard

Working Process in brief

  • Download free software from the official website and install
  • Run OST to PST converter tool
  • Click on Add OST file, to select the file
  • Select the OST file, which is to be recovered
  • See the preview of the OST file
  • Select the required option for the recovery
  • Click convert, to recover and convert file successfully

Get more info:- https://www.esofttools.com/ost-to-pst-converter.html

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