How to use Integrity check tool to repair OST file
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Use of Integrity check tool that is a free Microsoft product will surely help you repair damaged OST file. As we all know OST file is created while a user works offline without any network connections and like any other file, OST too faces the heat of corruption.
To combat these issues you can rely on Integrity check tool. Integrity check tool is a Microsoft product, which helps you to repair the damaged Offline Storage Table (OST) file located on your computer system. An OST file is the backup copy of your mailbox on Exchange Server. If the file is damaged then you may lose all of the emails, contacts, notes, calendars, etc. stored in it. But there is nothing to worry about the file’s damage because Microsoft Integrity check tool is there to help you. This amazing utility from Microsoft compares the OST file on your computer system with the folders in your mailbox on Exchange Server and corrects the differences, if found. This way the Integrity check tool repairs the damaged OST file.
If you want to have Integrity check tool with you, then you don’t need to worry as this is a freeware from Microsoft.
Therefore, you can download it for free from Microsoft download center. Moreover, the utility is not too big; it is very small. After you have downloaded the tool, install it, and then execute the following steps to know the process of using the tool:
1. Exit Microsoft Outlook.
2. Click Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Tools > Outlook OST Integrity Check Tool. Ver denotes the version of MS Outlook installed on your computer system, which can be either 2000, 2002, or Vista.
3. Click the Scan all folders option to scan all folders in the OST file.
4. Click the Begin Scan button.
The software starts scanning the folders in OST file. When the software scans the folders, a log file of the software working is created in the “Deleted Items” folder that can be viewed in MS Outlook. However, Microsoft has provided this free tool to repair the OST file but there is no surety of whether the file will be repaired successfully or not. This is because you cannot access the OST file using MS Outlook then how will you confirm that whether the file is repaired or not. You have to convert the file into PST and then you can access the file with Outlook if the file is repaired successfully.
Use Kernel for Convert OST to PST Software to successfully convert OST file into PST file, so that you can easily access any version of MS Outlook.
