Monday, August 15, 2011

How OST to PST conversion tool helps you?

'Cached Exchange Mode' comes into the list of main features of Microsoft Outlook. Through this feature, you can work even in offline mode. A local copy of MS-Exchange mailbox is created that is used in Cached Exchange mode. This local copy of Outlook permits you to work in offline mode. Whole data of Outlook components can't be accessed. Any changes done in the Outlook components get automatically reflected in online mode, once a connection is made with the Exchange Server. But at times, synchronization of OST file with Exchange Server fails. Thus, overall data of OST file becomes unapproachable and you come across a huge data loss situations. In order to overcome such situations, you have an option of a third party OST to PST conversion tools.

Below mentioned are the few cases in which synchronization cannot be carried out or fails. These are as follows:

  • Corruption of Exchange database.
  • Deletion of mailbox.
  • Deletion of mailbox account.
  • Corruption of mailbox due to corrupt Exchange Server.
  • Updation of user profile on the Exchange Server.
  • Corruption of mailbox because of malicious virus.

In this section of article, let us study that why it becomes necessary to convert OST file to a PST file?
As discussed earlier, that due to some reasons, proper synchronization cannot be carried out. Hence, data of Outlook OST file becomes totally unapproachable. In order to gain access of inaccessible data, a need arises to convert OST data to PST file. This conversion can be done effectively with the help of a third party convert ost pst tools.

Several third party tools are available. Each software has some different feature that makes it unique from others. Such tools are readily available on Internet. Just make a simple search. It is a better alternative rather than facing data loss problem. Once a conversion is done, whole data of Outlook OST file, such as contacts, attachments, appointments, journal, tasks, events, and e-mail messages become accessible. For using these tools, you do not need to have sound technical skills.

Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Desktop is such a self-explanatory tool that successfully converts OST data into PST within a few simple clicks. OST data remains unaffected after the conversion. It performs the advance scan if the normal scan fails to recover OST data. It can be installed on Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000. The demo version of the tool is available.