Repair Corrupted Outlook PST


Outlook application is prone to be corrupted frequently due to the rapid use with internet. This is most popular email management application. If you are having problems with Outlook application and PST files like PST file become inaccessible or producing error message when try to access it then it means Outlook PST file get corrupted and you need to repair it in order to make it accessible and to save the data stored in PST file. Corruption in Outlook is the main reason for the loss of data stored in it.

Some of the common Outlook error message you encounter with are-----

  1. Errors could have been detected in the file drive :\Documents and Settings\ user \Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst. Quit all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox Repair Tool.
  2. PST CRS error data error.
  3. Outlook cannot open the data file filename until it has been checked for problems.
  4. Outlook.pst cannot be accessed - 0x80040116".
  5. An unknown error has occurred. 0x80040119.
  6. .pst is not a personal folders file.
  7. Client Error: 0x80040600.
  8. File path\filename.pst could not be accessed.

These are some of the common Outlook Error message which indicates corruption in the PST (Outlook) and after that error messages, users are not able to access it any more.


Whenever you are getting such Outlook Problem then it is required to fix Outlook corruption and to repair Outlook PST. To repair Outlook PST and to fix the corruption issues, it is recommended to use official inbuilt inbox repair tool. It thoroughly scans file, detect error and then repair it so that you can use it again.

Several reasons are responsible for the corruption like virus attack, rapid use, software or hardware malfunction etc and one more important one is increased size of PST file. For the user of Outlook 2002 or earlier version PST file size limit up to 2GB and above this size file start getting corruption but in Outlook 2003 there is no such issue but oversized file like 4 GB or above also prone to be corrupted. This issue becomes reason for the failure of inbox repair tool. This inbuilt tool cannot repair PST file having size more than 2GB and fails in the middle of repair process without complete.

At this stage, if you want to repair Outlook PST file then you can take help from third party PST repair tool which is efficient for this work. It can complete repair process in any condition of corruption. It is designed with user friendly interface.