However, the maintenance of OST file is more important and complicated than that of Microsoft Outlook Data File (PST). This is because, the data stored within an Offline Storage Table (OST) is highly sensitive and vulnerable to scenarios of loss / damage. This is because, until the OST file data is synchronized with respective Exchange mailbox, it is only available on the offline storage. Meanwhile, once synchronized, the data is replicated on the server, which makes it safe and less vulnerable to loss.
New Discovery Reveals How to Recover Emails from OST File
Despite plenty of manual workarounds, difficulty by users is still faced during and for the recovery of lost emails from an OST file. Some of the common ways for recovering data from any of the two data files of Outlook involve using scanning tools provided by Microsoft itself. For offline storage, Outlook has been provided with a scan OST utility. The inbuilt programs lets users scan and process the data file in order to detect issues associated with it.However, the utility was stopped being provided since the release of Outlook 2010 version. Therefore, the possibility of recovering OST file dedicatedly and precisely got lower on the manual end. Discovery of commercial products offered great potential to users for recovering lost emails from this offline repository of Microsoft Exchange.
One of the methods found in this new discovery reveals how to recover emails from OST file using OST Recovery application. Following is a brief look at how the application extends recovery of selective emails from OST file.
- Once you run the software, the following screen will show up on clicking the Add File button.
- After browsing the file path, you can easily get the hard deleted / lost emails recovered by selecting Advance Scan option to process the file.
- Post recovery of OST file, email and its associated attachments can be previewed using the respective tabs provided for the same purpose.
- Choose the emails that you need to extract from the OST file, right click on one of the selected emails and click on Export.
- Or, you can click on Export button given on the menu bar and export complete folder(s) of emails from the recovered OST.
- At the end, the software will generate a report of the export detailing about the source and target file along with path. This report can be saved at any given destination as a CSV format file.
This is how you can recover emails selectively as per your requirement and convenience. The application helps customize recovery and extraction of emails in a much easier manner without compromising with the data security and retention of associated information.
