Microsoft Outlook is a renowned name in the list of email clients. OST and PST are the two file formats used by Outlook for data storage purpose. Both the files hold email messages, contacts, notes, calendars, and many more. OST file is a copy of folders of your Exchange server mailbox. With OST, users can access emails in offline mode. The data stored in OST file gets synchronized with Exchange server database. Disruption in the connection between Exchange Server and Outlook makes OST file inaccessible. In this case, to extract data from OST file, users need to migrate OST files into PST format.
Situations for OST to PST Migration
There are various situations when it becomes necessary to convert Outlook OST files into PST format.
- Some of the mailbox items get deleted from server
- When Exchange Server gets crashed and you are unable to access the data on the server
- Local OST file is more prone to corrupt and damage
- In case of data fetching from password protected OST file, the conversion is required to recover OST data by conversion into PST format.
Solution to recover OST file or how to migrate OST files into PST?
Minor issues of OST file can be fixed by scanost.exe utility which is provided by Outlook. Apart from that, users have several methods that can help to convert Outlook OST files into PST format.
Export OST mailbox to PST
Users can simply export OST mailbox items into PST with the help of MS Outlook. Follow the steps for this –
- Open Outlook
- Go to File menu – Open & Export – Import & Export
- Select Export to a File. Click Next
- Select Outlook data file(.pst) and click Next
- Select the folder whom you want to migrate. Hit the Next button
- Browse the location to save new PST file and choose options to keep or discard duplicate items.
- Click Finish
Why does the manual solution fail?
For this method, the first thing is users should have Outlook in their system and needs connectivity with Exchange server. Plus, this method export only few items. To export the entire database, it will take too much time.
Third-party Tool – Datavare OST to PST Converter
After failure of the manual solution, users search for other solutions to recover OST to PST. Datavare OST to PST Migration Tool is one of the professionally tested applications that simply migrate OST files into PST format with some simple clicks. The utility consists of several advanced features that make the conversion task easy and trouble-free for users.
Salient features of OST to PST Migration Tool
- Simplified interface for easy handling
- Convert all size Outlook OST file easily
- No need of Outlook installation and other application
- Provide 100% safe results without data losses
- Recovery of selected OST items is possible
- Save the migration results to any location of user choice
- Compatible to all Windows operating systems
- Complete conversion of emails, contacts, notes, journals, calendars, etc.
Final Thoughts
With the software approach discussed in this post, users can recover OST to PST format without any data loss and file misplacement. To know the application more deeply, users can take a free trial of OST to PST Switcher and after that easily apply for the license version.
More info visit here:- Migrate OST files into PST format