| An Outlook PST file is created if you use POP3 | | | | Outlook profile. Instead of this, you need to |
| account or configure Exchange Server account to | | | | import the file after restoring it to a temporary |
| use Outlook data file as the default email delivery | | | | location. |
| location. At times, you decide to buy a new | | | | Cause |
| computer or hard disk or perform some cleaning | | | | Some of the possible reasons for this behavior |
| and reinstall of your system. In such situations, | | | | are: |
| you need to backup the old Outlook emails as .pst | | | | 1-You are trying to restore a read-only .pst file |
| files and restore it later. A backup is of no use if | | | | 2-The file you are trying to access is corrupt. This |
| you cannot restore it as expected. If this occurs, | | | | can occur if you copy the file and close Outlook |
| the file might have gone corrupted due to some | | | | unexpectedly when it is actually accessing the file |
| interruptions. It can be repaired using Outlook | | | | Solution |
| Inbox Repair Tool or by using a Outlook | | | | To overcome such issues, following solutions are |
| Recovery Software that can analyze a corrupted | | | | recommended: |
| file and repair it easily. | | | | 1-You should check for the sufficient read/write |
| To exemplify, you can consider a scenario when | | | | permissions of the file. For this, right-click the file, |
| you copy your Outlook .pst file to a physical disk. | | | | choose Properties and uncheck the 'Read Only' |
| You reinstall the system and later try to restore | | | | attribute |
| the file. The operation fails and you receive an | | | | 2-To repair the corrupted .pst file, you can run |
| error that is similar to: | | | | Inbox Repair Tool (Scanpst.exe) that can fix most |
| “Can not access outlook: Access is | | | | of the corruption issues associated with Outlook |
| denied” | | | | data file. If this fails, you need to use third-party |
| Make sure you don't try to directly copy the file | | | | Microsoft Outlook Recovery tools. Outlook |
| to its default location, which is :Documents and | | | | Recovery Software are powerful tools that can |
| SettingsLocal SettingsApplication | | | | repair and restore a damaged .pst file safely and |
| DataMicrosoftOutlook. This can corrupt the | | | | in advanced manner, irrespective of reason. |