After Using ScanPSt.Exe To Fix Corrupt PST Data FIle

[JimB]

After using <scanpst.exe> to fix my corrupted PST data file; my Contact's
folder seems to have all contacts but there are no titles associated with
their information modules. Also seems that my "INBOX" & "SENT" folders were
reduced in size as a result..

Most importantly, need to somehow fix my Contacts Titles to reflect what is
in their containment modules. Thank You In Advance For Any Direction …. Jim B

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

After using <scanpst.exe> to fix my corrupted PST data file; my Contact's
folder seems to have all contacts but there are no titles associated with
their information modules. Also seems that my "INBOX" & "SENT" folders were
reduced in size as a result..

Most importantly, need to somehow fix my Contacts Titles to reflect what is
in their containment modules. Thank You In Advance For Any Direction …. Jim
B

You'll have to explain what you mean by "containment modules".

 

[JimB]

Sorry Did not know how to explain but in OL when you click on contacts it
opens a windows with all your saved contacts. In my particualr situation I
have approx 1K saved, but since my scanpst process non of the names are
showing though I have all my contacts, I would have to do a search to find a
particular one & then hopefully click open to obtain all info. It seems to
also have reduced the sizes of my inbox & sent folders......Jim B

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Sorry Did not know how to explain but in OL when you click on contacts it
opens a windows with all your saved contacts.

That's your Contacts folder.

In my particualr situation I
have approx 1K saved, but since my scanpst process non of the names are
showing though I have all my contacts, I would have to do a search to find a
particular one & then hopefully click open to obtain all info. It seems to
also have reduced the sizes of my inbox & sent folders......Jim B

It sounds like scanpst did its best to repair what it could. You'll have to
recover the rest from your most recent backup.

 

[JimB]

Yes That is what I thought & already have imported the last backup. Got back
most up to the last 10 emails from two days ago. Believe there may have been
a courrpt email that couse this? Are there any other programs that help to
keep PST files vaild on a regular bases?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Your best bet is to create a new .pst file in the unicode format.
File->new->outlook data file. Copy your items from the old one (most likely
ansi format) to the new one and make the new one your default .pst file.

Note - create the new .pst file in My Documents (in Vista
Users->Username->Documents) to ensure it is included by default in your
backups which you DO make weekly, right?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, JimB asked:

| Yes That is what I thought & already have imported the last backup.
| Got back most up to the last 10 emails from two days ago. Believe
| there may have been a courrpt email that couse this? Are there any
| other programs that help to keep PST files vaild on a regular bases?
|
| "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| ||
||| Sorry Did not know how to explain but in OL when you click on
||| contacts it opens a windows with all your saved contacts.
||
|| That's your Contacts folder.
||
||| In my particualr situation I
||| have approx 1K saved, but since my scanpst process non of the names
||| are showing though I have all my contacts, I would have to do a
||| search to find a particular one & then hopefully click open to
||| obtain all info. It seems to also have reduced the sizes of my
||| inbox & sent folders......Jim B
||
|| It sounds like scanpst did its best to repair what it could. You'll
|| have to recover the rest from your most recent backup.
|| --
|| Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Yes That is what I thought & already have imported the last backup.

Importing is rarely the correct way to restore data. See this for a better
method:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

Got back
most up to the last 10 emails from two days ago. Believe there may have been
a courrpt email that couse this? Are there any other programs that help to
keep PST files vaild on a regular bases?

Usually, when a message is corrupt, Outlook won't even download it from the
server, blocking it and all subsequent messages. If Outlook received the
message, then it wasn't corrupt at the time of reception and something
happened to the PST after that point.

It's really quite rare for a PST to begin to exhibit errors, except when it is
an old ANSI format PST and it has exceeded the size limit. I don't think it's
really necessary to use SCANPST periodically to ensure your PST stays healthy.
SOme of the commercially-available PST scanners can do a better job than
SCANPST, but they all cost money.

 

[JimB]

Sorry I was late in replying.. I wil follow up with your suggestions & get
back to confirm... As I still think I do have somehting that is corrupt
within my pst file....Jim B

 

[JimB]

Hi Milly, Created new unicode pst file as instructed & cannot seem to get my
address book when I click on address book under tool's menu, Had renamed my
new pst file to --> "AgdeBackupUniCode.pst: <--. Was able to set it up as
data file for OL (4.5GB & growing) but do not have my address book..? Please
help further if you would… Thank You

& yesI do back up all data daily with a program called "Super Flexible File
Synchronizer" It is a much more robust version of Briefcase w-many more
features built in! JJB

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Created new unicode pst file as instructed & cannot seem to get my
address book when I click on address book under tool's menu, Had renamed my
new pst file to --> "AgdeBackupUniCode.pst: <--. Was able to set it up as
data file for OL (4.5GB & growing) but do not have my address book..?
Please
help further if you would… Thank You

You may have done something wrong, then. Adding a new PST should pick up your
contacts for the address book view automatically. Right-click your Contacts
flder, choose Properties, select the Outlook Address Book tab, and check the
box labeled "Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book". Click OK. Stop and
restart Outlook.

& yesI do back up all data daily with a program called "Super Flexible File
Synchronizer" It is a much more robust version of Briefcase w-many more
features built in!

This is not necessarily a backup. If this program does nothing more than make
a copy of the PST while Outlook is closed, then I'd say you're OK. Anything
else is risky.

 

[JimB]

The "Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book" is greyed out & cannot be
enabled by checking the box! Very Frustrating!

 

[JimB]

Oops Sorry! Just Noticed in <Contacts Properties> under <Activities> tab, I
also had to modify my contacts to also branch out & accept the new unicode
PST name I created. Once I did this, then I was able to set the switch to
"include this folder as an email address book". It all seem to be working
now! Thank You All Again....Jim B

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Oops Sorry! Just Noticed in <Contacts Properties> under <Activities> tab, I
also had to modify my contacts to also branch out & accept the new unicode
PST name I created. Once I did this, then I was able to set the switch to
"include this folder as an email address book". It all seem to be working
now! Thank You All Again....Jim B

You're welcome.

 

[wangdong]

You can try a popular Outlook recovery tool called Advanced Outlook
Repair to repair your PST file. It is a powerful tool to recover
messages, folders and other objects from corrupt or damaged Microsoft
Outlook PST files.

Detailed information about Advanced Outlook Repair can be found at
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And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/aor.exe
Good luck!
Wangdong