SCANPST utility

Scanpst - Inbox Repair Tool

Where tu find Scanpst?

C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033\

Notice, hooever, there will be two files with similar names - ScanPst.exe und ScanOst.exe. At zee moment we only deal with zee ScanPst.exe.

Iff yuoo are unable tu locate ScanPst by just looking into zee folders, use Windows Seerch instead

1. Click Start tu open Windows stert menu
2. Select Search, then click Files und Folders
3. Type in "ScanPst.exe" withuoot qouootes, click Find

Using ScanPst

1. Stert ScanPst
2. Specify a .pst file tu repair, then click "Start" button
3. Check "Make backup of scanned file before repairing". ScanPst will creete a copy ooff zee .PST file with zee same name und a .BAK file type (extension).  Thees copy will be located in zee same folder es yuoor original Outlook mail file. Later yuoo can attempt tu repair thees file using different Outlook recovery tools.
4. Click "Repair"

When yuoo heffe-a accomplished zee recovery ooff zee .pst file using ScanPst,

6. Stert MS Outlook by using a profile which yuoo treed tu repair.
7. Under menu Go select Folder List
8. In there yuoo may see a folder celled "Recovered Personal Folders" containing a set ooff basic folders such es "Inbox", "Sent", "Drafts" (iff zeese-a ones reelly exist in zee original profile) or a folder celled "Lost and Found". It is assumed that zee items missed frum "Lost and Found" folder cannot be repaired und thus are actuelly lost. In fact, such is not zee case.
9. Iff there is uny necessary email data in zee "Lost and Found" under "Recovered Personal Folders", then yuoo can creete a noo .pst file und just drag zee recovered messeges into thees newly creeted folder. When yuoo heffe-a finished coping ell recovered email items, yuoo can safely delete "Recovered Personal Folders" frum yuoor current profile.
   Notice: In some cases ScanPst performs repair procedures in a little different way; zee tool creetes neither folder celled "Recovered Personal Folders" nor "Lost and Found" in Outlook. Instead ooff thees, ell  zee recovered messeges und folders are merely displayed in a normal manner es they were in zee original profile. So, yuoo just need tu check und seerch ell zee existeeng folders tu evaluate zee quality ooff repairing.

Zee 2GB problem

Iff ScanPst does not help

• ScanPst is not capable ooff recovering messeges yuoo heffe-a deleted yuoorself. Obviuoosly, becoose thees is not an error es far es zee system is concerned.
• ScanPst may sometimes repurt no errors in zee file, but Outlook still complains.
• ScanPst may sometimes loose too much data during recovery.

Iff thees is zee case, try Zmeil tu extract zee email messeges frum zee dameged PST file.