When and How to convert OST to PST?
Friday, June 11th, 2010There are many who convert OST to PST, but many have the doubt as when and how a person can convert OST to PST. You might wish to convert OST to PST during the following situations:
User’s mailbox has been deleted from Exchange Server- If due to certain reasons, your mailbox is deleted from Exchange Server and after a certain period of time you feel the need to have the mails in that deleted mailbox back then you can make use of OST file. If you have the OST file with you, then you can easily convert OST file to PST file and access the data with MS Outlook. Consider a situation when you have to travel abroad and you carry your OST file with you but Exchange Server is not available with you. Then you would surely feel the need to convert OST to PST to get access to all the email items in it.
EDB database file has been damaged- Due to repeated use of Exchange database, the file might get corrupt and in every such situation of corruption, OST file can act to be the safest bet for fetching your imperative emails back. Convert OST to PST and access the important data with MS Outlook.
Exchange Server crash- The only issue with OST file is that you cannot access emails and other items stored in it directly with the help of MS Outlook. You must have Exchange environment to access emails and other items from OST file. If in case Exchange Server crashes, then you have to convert OST to PST i.e. in Outlook accessible file format.
Damage caused to OST file after surpassing 2 GB file limitation- The OST and PST files of previous versions of MS Outlook had a threshold limit of 2 GB for data storage. If not much care is taken of such situations, the OST file get damaged. Therefore, it is always suggested to convert OST to PST so that you can access your emails through MS Outlook.
All the situations mentioned above, might strike anyone across the globe and so to stay away from such havocs, it’s better to convert OST and save the data in a newly created PST file. Converting OST to PST is also helpful if you wish to access important emails, as OST files are not directly accessible with MS Outlook and hence serve the purpose of data recovery in cases of PST corruption.
