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Top 5 Most PST Repair Tools

“Repair Corrupt PST Files”

Naitik Semwaal

9/9/2016

Is your Outlook mailbox inaccessible due to corruption? You

must look for the best PST Repair tools now to fix corruption.

Corruption frequently happens in Outlook data file due to

several reasons, such as: virus attack, bugs infection, software

malfunction, hard disk crash or failure, sudden power outage,

etc. But corruption most commonly occurs if PST files exceed

their maximum size limit, i.e. 2 GB for ANSI PST and 20-50 GB

in Unicode PST. Though Microsoft provides a built-in Inbox

repair tool aka scanpst.exe to repair corrupt PST files, but it

may not work or fail if corruption is severe. In such situation,

professionals recommend to use third-party PST recovery or

PST repair tool.

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Microsoft Outlook is the most popular email client application

among desktop users all around the world. Unluckily Outlook

data files (.PST) are not immune to corruption. Thankfully

Microsoft provides scanpst.exe to repair PST files. If PST file

is corrupt, Outlook users must try scanpst.exe before using any

3rd party paid software.

If corruption is severe in your Outlook data files, the Inbox

Repair tool aka scanpst.exe may fail. Now you must look

forward to a professional recovery solution available for

Outlook users. When searching around for a PST Recovery or

PST Repair tool in the market, you will likely to have a wide

range of options from different software vendors. Perhaps it’s

the most confusing part of shopping for such tool is finding the

best program for your need.

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Top five PST Repair/Recovery tools

#1 Outlook Repair from DataNumen

Pros: The most impressive part of this tool is that it can support corrupt

PST file of any size, i.e. 17179869184 GB has been successfully tested.

It can successfully restore each and every possible mailbox items from

the corrupt PST files which include email messages, contacts, calendar,

appointments, distribution lists, tasks, journals, notes, attachments, etc.

The tool allows users to select multiple PST files at a time to perform

batch recovery. Also, it supports splitting PST files into multiple parts.

The PST files created by any version of MS Outlook, i.e. from 97 to

2013 (both 32 & 64-bits), are highly supported by this tool.

Cons: The major con of this tool is that it’s not pocket friendly. As

compared to other tools, it will cost you more. It’s the second most

expensive tool after OfficeRecovery. Also, it takes fairly enough time

during file scanning. It should be improved further. There is no support

available for the latest version of MS Outlook 2016.

Outlook Repair tool provided by DataNumen

stands at the top seed. It’s one of the most

reliable and effective PST Repair software

available in the market. With an efficient

ability to recover maximum possible data from

the mailbox folders of corrupt PST files, this

tool has become the first choice of Outlook

users. The average recovery rate of this tool is

more than 90%.



#2 Recovery for Outlook from OfficeRecovery

Pros: The best part of this tool is that it restores maximum possible

mailbox data including the emails’ properties without causing any

changes or alteration. Being a non-destructive tool, it keeps the original

PST files intact or unchanged. The tool supports recovery of password-

protected PST files. Data Browser is a unique feature bundled with this

product, available from the same program group where Recovery for

Outlook is installed. It’s a separate granular data recovery utility to view

and extract individual items from mailbox.

Cons: If we talk about its price, it costs users around $249.00 for

standard license. This is the most expensive tools available in the market

for repairing PST files. As compared to other tools, it contains less

number of features. Also, it doesn’t provide support for newer versions

of Outlook like 2013 and 2016.

Recovery for Outlook from OfficeRecovery

comes second in this list. The software is

smartly designed for effective mailbox data

recovery from corrupt Outlook data files, both

PST (personal storage table) and OST

(offline storage table), the only tool that

supports both files. The interactive preview

mode of this tool helps users check their

mailbox data before saving them into new PST

file. Recovery reports feature and enhanced

wizard interface make this tool best option for

Outlook users.



#3 PST Repair from SysInfoTools Software

Pros: There are numbers of features in this tool which make it best

choice in its range. To handle different level of corruption, there are

three recovery modes: Standard, Advanced and Deep. It’s enriched with

smart saving options which enable users to save recovered data into PST

as well as in other formats which include: DBX, MSG, EML, MBOX

and archive. The archive format itself includes EML, VCF, ICS and text

format. The tool is quite pocket-friendly, and will cost only $49, the

most economical tool in PST Repair range. Also, SysInfoTools Software

provides the new updates through the notifications and messages.

Cons: The GUI of the tool is not that much attractive if compared to

other tools. It should be improved for further versions. If corruption is

severe in PST files, the scanning process might be time consuming.

Software doesn’t support batch of PST files, i.e. single file can be

processed at a time.

PST Repair tool of SysInfoTools Software is

ranked 3rd in this list. It’s highly popular

among Outlook users for its reasonable price

and excellent results. It’s the only available

tool in the market that provides support for

higher versions of Outlook like 2013 and 2016.

There is no such size limitation for a PST file,

i.e. any size of PST file can easily be scanned

via this tool without taking much time. PST

file of 80 GB has been successfully tested by

this software.



#4 Outlook PST Repair from Kernel

Pros: The interactive user interface is the best part of this tool. It is

highly attractive and intuitive. The software can support highly

encrypted and password protected PST files with ease. It provides smart

support for all popular versions of MS Outlook including the higher

versions 2013 and 2016. It is the only tool that supports exportation of

PST files to different destinations, such as: Office 365, email servers like

MS Exchange Server, Novell GroupWise & Lotus Domino, and web

mails like Google Apps, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Outlook.com and iCloud.

Cons: The average recovery rate of this tool is not that much excellent. It

may fail to recover mailbox data if PST files are severely corrupted. You

can’t perform batch recovery from multiple files at a time if you are

using Home or Corporate license. The batch recovery option is only

available for Technician License which will cost you $299.

Kernel for Outlook PST Repair tool comes in

fourth number. It’s highly capable to deliver

excellent results by recovering each and every

possible mailbox data as well as the email

properties which include Subject, To, From,

CC, Bcc, Date and Time. Also, it successfully

restores deleted messages and attachments

from corrupt PST files. Users can create new

PST files in which all the recovered mailbox

will be saved. Other than PST, recovered data

can also be saved into MSG, EML, RTF,

TXT, HTML, MHTML and PDF files.



#5 Outlook PST Repair from Stellar Phoenix

Pros: This software ensures recovery of emails which are accidentally

deleted from the mailbox folder as well as “Deleted Items” folder. The

user-friendly interface of this tool is simply unmatched. It is designed to

match the interface of MS Office 2007 for making users more

comfortable and minimizing chances of any errors. The technician

version of this is also available that supports compaction of PST files to

reduce the file size and splitting of PST files into multiple parts. The

higher versions of MS Outlook like 2013 and 2016 are supported by this

tool.

Cons: Slow processing is the major drawback of this tool. Even a PST

file of 300 MB will take several minutes to be scanned. Also, the

recovery rate goes less than 50% if corruption level is high. Software

hangs sometimes while processing file scanning or recovering.

Stellar Phoenix is a software giant which has

been serving its products worldwide since 1993.

It’s the most trustworthy name in the field of

data recovery. Its software products are highly

accredited all around the globe. Its Outlook

PST Repair tool holds 5th rank in PST

Repair/Recovery list. The software is smartly

designed to repair corrupted/damaged Outlook

PST files and to recover the entire mailbox data

from them which include email messages,

contacts, calendar, tasks, notes, journals,

appointments, attachments and many more.