?how Can I Fix A Corrupted Pst 2013 File?

I have a 200+ mb PST file that is corrupted. Even after running the PST fix tool from Microsoft, when I open it in Outlook, it is empty.

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Answer #1: Posted by princemiles on June 29th, 2015 1:31 PM

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Restore pst-file or make use powerful instrument https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/dc96fe93-cbdd-487e-a472-2b1a5d686ea5/deleted-all-my-outlook-pst-files-i-cant-recover-them?forum=outlook

A backup is worthless if you can't restore it. So we first test the back-up. Testing the backup when knowing that the original still works is a lot less stressful then as well.

To restore your pst-file, copy the file to the location where you want to work with it like:
D:\My Documents\My Outlook\Temp

Now open Outlook and connect to the file by choosing; File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...
You can now check if the backup was successful and make sure you backed up the correct file.

In the case of a real disaster, the original pst-file would be missing or will be beyond repair. When the pst-file is missing, Outlook would have prompted you for the pst-file location. You then need to close Outlook and restore the file from backup to D:\My Documents\My Outlook as described above. Then start Outlook again and if prompted browse to the location of the pst-file.

When the pst-file is beyond repair, Outlook will start with the message that it can't be opened and that you need to run the Inbox Repair Tool (scanpst.exe). If scanpst.exe can't fix the pst-file either, rename the corrupted pst-file to .old and you would now be in the situation that the pst-file went missing.