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Enterprise or large organizations instead of using free email services like yahoo and hotmail prefer using their own email system. They put the collaborative email system such as Microsoft Exchange and use Microsoft Outlook as a client.

Microsoft Outlook is fairly a ubiquitous email engine and happens to be what many individuals or small and medium businesses use every day. Emails, calendars, notes, and organizing capability are the most commonly used features of Outlook. Storing all important information like your impending meetings, your clients contact information, etc. Corruption of such important and critical information from Outlook would just bring any business down.

Some of the commonest error messages for .pst corruption:

  1. Error: Unable to display the folder.
  2. Run-time Error '713': Class not registered. You need the following file to be installed on your machine - MSSTDFMT.DLL.
  3. You receive an "Error 1931. The Windows Installer service cannot update the system file" error message when you run Detect and Repair for Office 2000.
  4. You receive a program conflict error message when you start Outlook 2000.
  5. ISTORX32.DLL error message when you start Outlook.
  6. File path\filename.pst could not be accessed. Data error. Cyclic redundancy check.
  7. Error: Outlook cannot open the data file filename until it has been checked for problems. When you open Outlook.
  8. Error: The data file filename was not closed properly'. This file is being checked for problems.
  9. OL2002 0x80040119 and Unknown Error Messages When You Try to Read, Send, Receive, or Delete E-mail.

The above error messages could be a result of corruption caused due to:

  1. 2GB PST Outlook File Size Limitation, this happens when the PST exceeds the size of 2GB. When it happens, the PST file is rendered unusable and Outlook will not synchronize.
  2. Logical Corruption of PST File, this can be caused by a virus infection or human or software error when the file is opened and modified incorrectly.
  3. It could also be that the user improperly shutdown the system before exiting the Outlook.
  4. If Control Data Extensions Add-in has either been removed or is corrupt.
  5. Corruption caused due to compacting of .pst file.

One of the most common symptoms for a corrupt Outlook PST file is that Outlook begins to run very slowly. It may take as much as several minutes to open or preview the contents of a message. Sometimes it happens that Outlook just freezes. In such a case if you close the application. Now, you have probably made the PST corruption worse.

However, for Outlook to run slowly there might be many reasons like excessive CPU use, a fragmented hard drive, malware, and overzealous antivirus or spyware programs.

Some of the "do's" to prevent corruption .

  1. Immediately stop the email scan in your anti-virus program.
  2. Disable automatic background compact operation.
  3. When the compact operation is running, do not use your computer until the process is over.
  4. Buy Disk Doctors Email Recovery (.pst) and keep it for emergency.
  5. Make sure your computer and anti-virus products are up-to-date with the latest patches.
  6. Backup all your important PST files on a regular basis.

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