Corrupt pst file

[Pete]

My pst file seems to have become corrupted. I have repaired it with
scanpst.exe several times but more often then not when I start Outlook
(2007) it throws up an error message advising that I repair the file with
scanpst. It works immediately after I do the repair but now when I open a
message I can't scroll down and after a few seconds the message goes blank.

I am not sure if its possible to do anything to put this right. If I create
a new pst file, would i be able to transfer all the messages, contacts etc
from the current (corrupt) file to the new one?

Your help will be much appreciated

 

[Duncs]

I too have a similar problem, as Outlook 2007 informs me on every
load, that "One of you Outlook data files did not close propoerly the
last timke you used it, and there is a problem with it. Performance
may be degraded whilst this is fixed."

This happens everytime I load the program. Any ideas what the issue
is?

Duncs

 

[Pete]

Unfortunately I don't know what causes this. Have you tried running
scanpst.exe? Might just solve your problem.

 

[DL]

You can create a new pst and copy data across.
However before you do this do you have any addins accessing the pst, eg
Sync, desktop search, AV, software?

 

[Pete]

Yes I have Yahoo desktop search accessing the pst - should I remove this?

 

[DL]

You could try removing this, repair your pst then see how it performs

 

[Pete]

I don't normally have the Yahoo desktop search turned on, only use it if
necessary and then turn it off. Anyway, will try what you suggest.

 

[Duncs]

Well, touch wood, I ran scanpst and all appears to be OK.

Many thanks

Duncs

 

[alan]

Hi, guy!

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 http://www.datanumen.com/aor/

And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/aor.exe

Alan