PST corruption - how to fix

[David Driscole]

I have a problem with 2007 Outlook .pst file (running VISTA); error message;
"Cannot expand the folder. The set of folders cannot be opened. The file
C:\Users....\microsoft\outloook\David Driscole.pst cannot be opened."

I have removed this particular .pst file from outlook.

Have tried running SCANPST.exe on problem .pst file but get the error; "An
Unknown error prevented access to the file..."Error 0x80070570: The file or
directory is corrupted and unreadable."

Have tried renaming but get the same error as above.

Have tried restoring a previous version, but none exist.

Any other suggestions or is it gone?
Many thanks, David
New Zealand

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Run Check Disk against the volume the pst-file is stored on.

 

[David Driscole]

Check disk gets stuck at 6% and doesn't move forward. Any other ideas for
repairing a corrupt .pst file that I can't move (copy) off my machine?

David

 

[David Driscole]

Tried some online software demos, none are happy with trying to open the .pst
file, let alone repair it. No luck with:

Recover Data
http://www.recoverdatasoftware.com/recover-pst-files

Stellar Phoenix - Outlook Pst Repair Software
http://www.stellarinfo.com/outlook-pst-file-recovery.htm

Disk doctor PST Repair & Recovery Software
http://www.dd-pst-repair.com/

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

The ckdsk failure indicates a bad drive. Suggest you remove as much info from the drive and replace it ASAP. Try putting the old one in as a slave and see if you can access your .pst file to copy to the new disk. Then open it in Outlook using file->open->outlook data file.

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Tried some online software demos, none are happy with trying to open the ..pst
file, let alone repair it. No luck with:

Recover Data
http://www.recoverdatasoftware.com/recover-pst-files

Stellar Phoenix - Outlook Pst Repair Software
http://www.stellarinfo.com/outlook-pst-file-recovery.htm

Disk doctor PST Repair & Recovery Software
http://www.dd-pst-repair.com/

Check disk gets stuck at 6% and doesn't move forward. Any other ideas for
repairing a corrupt .pst file that I can't move (copy) off my machine?

David

Run Check Disk against the volume the pst-file is stored on.

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I have a problem with 2007 Outlook .pst file (running VISTA); error
message;
"Cannot expand the folder. The set of folders cannot be opened. The file
C:\Users....\microsoft\outloook\David Driscole.pst cannot be opened."

I have removed this particular .pst file from outlook.

Have tried running SCANPST.exe on problem .pst file but get the error; "An
Unknown error prevented access to the file..."Error 0x80070570: The file
or
directory is corrupted and unreadable."

Have tried renaming but get the same error as above.

Have tried restoring a previous version, but none exist.

Any other suggestions or is it gone?
Many thanks, David
New Zealand

 

[levin]

The best solution is using a repair tool called PST Repair, which is advanced .pst file repair software which recovers e-mail messages from Microsoft Outlook Personal Storage Files (.pst).

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Levin
http://www.diskdoctors.net/email-recovery/pst-repair.html

 

[AlanChen]

Hi,

You can try a tool called http://www.datanumen.com/aor/ 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.

Alan

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Chen Alan

 

[david012]

To fix PST corruption, use free PST repair tool that is capable enough to repair all the corrupted PST files in minimal amount of time with minimal effort. It will resolve all your problems regarding PST file corruption. So, just make a try to use this software.