Repair PST

Outlook 2002 and earlier versions of Microsoft outlook uses the ANSI encoding that has a limitation related to the file size of the Outlook. When the file crosses the 2GB of size, it automatically get corrupted and become unusable. This is a really big shock for anyone who stores anything on outlook because it is the PST file that stores all the files like emails, attachments, calendar entries, notes, journal, contacts etc and there is one single PST file per user profile in the Outlook. As developers found this a reason people are moving towards other products, they came with the outlook 2003 which has no 2GB PST file issue and the size limit was enhanced up to 4GB.

One more related problem is the file system file size limit. In the FAT32 file system based computer, the maximum limit of file size is 4GB and it does not allow making a file more than this limit. Still the issue is unsolved that what happen when the PST file reaches and crosses the 4GB limit. The Answer is 4GB Outlook PST Corruption which is comparably bigger shock than the previous 2GB issue.

One can stop the problem to be occurring if the file is not corrupted yet by using the PST splitting software but when the corruption is already occurred then you have no other option but to do the Outlook PST Recovery. In this situation of 4GB Outlook PST file you need to perform the 4GB Outlook PST Recovery.

There are tools that you can use to perform 4GB Outlook PST Repair. But before using any kind of recovery tool you need to take a backup of the corrupted PST file so that if any accident happens then you still have the backup from where you can recover the data back. You can start with the Inbox Repair Tool which is stored in the Outlook Program Files Folder. You can find its executable file by searching for the scanpst.exe in the Windows Search.

If the Inbox Repair Tool does not work then you need to use the third party outlook PST Recovery Software to perform 4GB Outlook PST Recovery. The Outlook PST Recovery is capable to recover data, files and other details from corrupted PST File and store all the recovered information in a newly created PST file which can be used with the new profile. It is a 100% sure way to recover from 4GB Corrupted PST file so if you don’t want to lose any kind of email and other saved documents, Outlook PST Recovery will be the best way to follow. The software comes with a user manual that you can use to run the program. It is for beginners and those who have good computer software skills can directly install and scan pst to recover & repair outlook..