| Email communication has expanded itself from | | | | connects to the server and receives the |
| professionals to normal home users. As a child | | | | message. |
| enters into teenage, he becomes familiar with the | | | | The simple working of the exchange server |
| power and usefulness of email communication and | | | | makes it easy for us to send and receive |
| uses emails to correspond within his circle of | | | | messages, thus transferring data electronically. |
| friends and relatives. | | | | MS Outlook - Personal Storage Files |
| If we quickly look at some of the public email | | | | "The file where MS Exchange server delivers |
| portals like Yahoo, Hotmail, Rediff etc; it can be | | | | messages" |
| analyzed that these portals regularly increase | | | | The Personal Storage File (.pst) is the most robust |
| email storage limits for its users and as long more | | | | storage container of emails and MS Outlook has |
| space is provided will thus encourage the user to | | | | the ability to store and deliver messages in the |
| utilize it. | | | | .pst file format, other file types can also be |
| Email communication proves more useful in the | | | | stored inside the PST file. But the PST file can get |
| corporate world where hundreds of emails are | | | | corrupt due to accidental file deletion, virus |
| exchanged daily between the professionals. They | | | | attacks or it can get damaged internally causing |
| could be meeting notices, memorandums, | | | | into data loss. There are number of email |
| important business attachments or simple emails | | | | recovery and pst recovery software which |
| of well being. | | | | effectively recovers mails and data from the |
| If the importance of email communication has | | | | corrupt pst files. |
| increased, so has increased the importance of | | | | MS Outlook - Offline Storage Files |
| data storage and the level of corruptions of email | | | | "The storage file where emails and other |
| messages. This importance has resulted into | | | | information can be stored, which can also be |
| duplication of data and information, data archives, | | | | accessed offline." |
| and waste of hard drive storage space. | | | | In the corporate arena, Exchange Servers are |
| Email Storage | | | | used to store email messages. The Outlook |
| As you receive many emails in a day, have you | | | | Offline Storage Folder (.OST) in Microsoft Outlook |
| ever wondered where these emails get stored? | | | | provides unique synchronization method with an |
| The answer could be an email server or on the | | | | Exchange Server and existing mailbox accounts. |
| user's computer system. | | | | The OST file gets stored on a users computer |
| MS Outlook and Outlook Express are the widely | | | | system which constantly gets synchronized with |
| used email clients because of their ease of use | | | | the Exchange mailbox account, which results into |
| and user friendly features. While working on MS | | | | duplication of data on exchange server and on the |
| Outlook, the email files are stored in PST and | | | | user's system. |
| OST file formats and an exchange server is | | | | Access to .ost file requires an Exchange mailbox |
| maintained to handle the incoming and outgoing | | | | account, and if the mailbox is damaged, missing or |
| emails. | | | | removed, the .ost file will not open. For this you |
| Now arise the common questions; what is | | | | need to convert the .ost file to .pst file on your |
| exchange server, .pst files and .ost files and how | | | | own or try the exchange ost recovery software. |
| are they used to store emails? | | | | Here I would like to guide you with some simple |
| Microsoft Exchange Server: | | | | steps, following which you can convert the |
| Microsoft Exchange Server is a messaging | | | | damaged .ost file to .pst file successfully in |
| system which supports transfer of internal and | | | | Outlook 2002 or 2003. This is the method which |
| external electronic messages. The application is | | | | worked for me: |
| widely used in organizations where Microsoft | | | | 1. Backup the ost file(s) |
| infrastructure solutions are used. The exchange | | | | 2. Rename the outlook.ost file to outlook.pst file |
| server stores data in highly organized relational | | | | 3. Use scanpst.exe from Outlook 2002 to repair |
| database with the help of algorithms thus helps in | | | | the outlook.pst file. (C:\ Program Files\Common |
| transfer of mails and manages communication | | | | Files\System\MSMapi\1033) |
| between other Exchange servers also. | | | | 4. Rename outlook.pst back to outlook.ost |
| How does Exchange Server work? | | | | 5. Run OST to PST which will then successfully |
| As the Exchange server stores messages and | | | | convert the file to outlook.pst |
| manages incoming and outgoing process of emails, | | | | 6. MS Outlook will then open the outlook.pst file. |
| the working of the messaging server also | | | | OST/PST file formats are very complex and are |
| becomes a crucial point. The process of receiving, | | | | designed around relational database concepts. The |
| sending and managing the messages by Exchange | | | | messages in these files are organized in |
| server is as follows: | | | | hierarchical format using folders to store the |
| Step 1: The client connects to the server and | | | | messages. If the above mentioned steps do not |
| sends the message. | | | | work in your case of corruption, then it might be |
| Step 2: The exchange server then processes the | | | | due to major corruption which can be effectively |
| message and determines saving location in the | | | | repaired by the ost recovery software. There are |
| messaging database. | | | | number of OST file recovery and PST file |
| Step 3: The recipient of the message is notified | | | | recovery software to convert and repair your |
| by the server. | | | | damaged email files. |
| Step 4: The client to receive the message | | | | |