How to Recover Corrupted OST File into Healthy Format

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CM
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July 28, 2016
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I am unable to access OST file on my PC. Because the file gets damaged due to Interruption during synchronization process with Exchange Server and becomes inaccessible will all data. I had many important information stored in my OST file. Can anyone please suggest me any method through which I can access my corrupted OST file.

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Verified by Edwin J. Hoffer, Expert · Reviewed July 2016

nYou can fix it by killing all Outlook related processesn1. Right click the task bar and select “Task Manager” or press CTRL+ALT+Delete, then choose “Task Manager”n2. Select the “process” tabn3. Look If anything named Communicator, Lync, ucmapi or Outlook. If you find any item related to these, select it, then click End Task button. nnNow disable cached Exchange Moden1. close Outlookn2. Open “Control Panel -> Mailn3. Select email account button and then choose Email tabn4. High light the email address giving you the warning, then select “Change”n5. Uncheck “Use Cached Exchanged Mode”n6. Select “Next” then “Finish”nnthen attempt to launch Outlook again, hopefully, it works

I am still unable to access my OST file on my PC. Can you suggest me any alternative solution for this?

HinnDexter try to disable cache one more time, may be it will work for you nown

No, I am not able to open OST file, still after I disable the cache. Can you suggest me any other solution or technique that can solve my problem to open OST file into a healthy format and recover all the corrupted data.

nYes you can do one thing to recover your OST file, you can using any third party tool for this task as it secure and reliable option. n

Okay, can you please suggest me which tool is perfect for opening and Viewing corrupted OST file and can recover all data

Yes sure you can recover your complete data effectively and can Open it, view it easily. I would like to suggest you “a third-party tool Outlook OST Viewer Freeware”

Thanks Barry, for suggesting me this tool. Its an awesome tool to recover OST file. Now I can open and view OST file easily on my PC. It really works nice