Software’s and applications are made to assist you in your work, so that you can easily perform your job with your full potential. MS Office package is designed for the same purpose which includes many ingenious applications that makes your job easy. In the middle of many applications of MS Office, MS Outlook is one such application which every professional is fond of. MS Outlook is equipped with components that help you to store and manage your notes, appointments, calendars, contacts, emails (sending and receiving), journals, tasks etc. in a better manner. This application is like your personal assistant that will help you in your every step towards success.

The sensitive and critical information’s that you store in MS Outlook application is automatically saved in a special file called PST (Personal Storage Table) file which is like locker room of MS Outlook. It stores all the information’s of MS Outlook in a proper and organized way, so that user can easily access them. The size of MS Outlook’s PST file differs from version to version, like MS Outlook 2002 and its previous versions contain PST file of 2GB only which is later extended to 20 GB (extendable) as default in Outlook 2003 and 2007. Since the PST file holds the entire data of Microsoft Outlook it is the most important file in your system.

But, there is always an issue associated with this PST file which is related to its corruption or damage. The PST file gets corrupt or damage easily when it encounters any unusual situation like virus attacks, oversized issue, inappropriate shutdown of application, hardware and software issues etc. as a result the data stored in it becomes inaccessible and ultimately gets lost. This problem occurs in almost all MS Outlook’s versions like 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007 etc.

Since, MS Outlook is an ingenious application, so Microsoft Inc. has included a small but powerful tool in MS Office package called Scanpst.exe or Inbox Repair Tool which gets automatically installed in your system when you install MS Office. You can find Scanpst.exe location at –

If Scanpst.exe is not found at above mentioned location then you need to download Scanpst.exe for MS Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007 from Microsoft’s official site.

Inbox Repair Tool or Scanpst.exe is very powerful tool which is efficient enough to repair the corruption issues of PST file like PST file header corruption etc. It uses its advanced and sophisticated scanning algorithm to scan the corrupt PST file and make it functional. But after using Scanpst.exe tool if the problem persists then you need to use any third party software to repair and recover the PST data.