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Written By Rohan Wiese
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Updated on December 14th, 2023
Use Scanost.exe Tool to Repair OST File Outlook 2016, 2013, 2007 & 2010
This blog explains the use of scanost.exe tool to repair OST file Outlook 2016, 2013, 2007 & 2010. Alternate solution for repairing OST file has also been described when scanost.exe fails in OST file repairing.
The OST is the offline folder of the Outlook email client. In Outlook, when you create an exchange profile, then entire mailbox items like emails, contacts, tasks, notes, journal etc are stored on the server. If the cache mode is enabled then you can copy and save mailbox items in a single database. For this, a storage repository is created which coordinates with the server during online. This is basically an OST file by which the mailbox data can be accessed offline. For the further use, you can use Exchange OST file.
What is Scanost.exe
Sometimes, the OST files become corrupt and it needs a recovery. For the recovery, the Outlook has an inbuilt repair utility scanost.exe. This is an integrity check tool which fixes the issues in the OST file. This is a free utility and its use is also simple. To know the reasons for the corruption let’s more move forward to the next section.
Root Causes for Outlook OST Corruption
The root causes which are responsible for the corruption in the OST file are as follows:
- Virus Infection.
- Power fluctuation.
- Synchronization failure with the server.
- Sudden system shutdown.
- Presence of bad sector/partition/drive which contains the OST.
Run Scanost.exe to Repair OST File
You can run scanost.exe with the help of following steps:
- Open Outlook in your system.
- Navigate to Task Manager >> Process tab.
- Find & right click on Outlook.exe.
- Click on Open File Location to open SCANOST location.
- Double click on SCANOST.EXE.
- Ensure that Outlook application is closed before doing so.
- Under the Microsoft Outlook Inbox Repair Tool window, choose the corrupt Exchange profile.
- In the OST Integrity Check window, choose All Folders to scan or choose the required ones from the list.
- Put the right mark on the Repair Errors check box.
- Now, click on Begin Scan button to repair corrupt OST file.
- The scanning process will be started. Wait until the process gets complete.
- At last click on OK.
What to Do When Scanost.exe Fails
Sometimes, in case of severe corruption, the scanost.exe fails to fix the corruption. For such situations, there is an alternate solution Exchange OST Recovery tool. This tool can fully recover the corrupt OST files. Moreover, it can recover Recovers all the Outlook mail items like email, task, calendar, contacts, etc.
Conclusion
With the help of the above discussion, you can use scanost.exe to repair OST in Outlook. But, in case it does not work you can choose the alternate solution like an OST Converter tool for copying ost file into pst format.
About The Author:
Rohan Wiese is a Technical Content Writer at Aryson Technologies, specializing in databases, e-mail recovery, and e-mail migration solutions. He enjoys conducting research and generating information that assists database administrators, businesses, and novices in resolving issues with MS SQL Server, MySQL databases, Cloud Computing, and Microsoft Exchange.
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