ScanPST.exe also known as the Inbox repair tool, is a Microsoft-provided inbuilt tool to repair your corrupt PST file.
Taking as a first level of troubleshooting step, ScanPST can be efficient and cost-saving.
When Outlook is installed and configured, it automatically creates a PST file that acts as a file repository for the application. Then ScanPST.exe checks the inconsistencies obtained in the Outlook PST file and makes corrections automatically.
Note: You just need to make a backup copy of your PST file and then repair in the PST file.
There is no harm to the PST file while scanning and repairing using ScanPST, you just need to find the location depending on your Outlook and Windows version.
Once you run the tool, it will ask for location and then ask to scan, after scanning it will ask the corrupted file to repair and that’s it. Your PST file will be back at the drop of a hat.
However, sometimes if your file is severely corrupted you need to use the advanced method to repair, you can use Stellar Repair for Outlook for this process.
- It will automatically locate your PST file and can easily repair severely corrupted files without any data loss.
- Your emails will be back as the same structure as it was before the corruption.
- You can download its free version and can test the PST file.