Want a Solution to Recovery Emails from OST File?

OST files are local replicas of Exchange EDB files and if the EDB file is been deleted or Exchange server get corrupted then the OST file would become orphaned. Now the question is how to recover emails & other data from orphaned OST files? It is important to save data from getting lost and prevents the integrity and security parameters.

It is important to state that MS Exchange client can be started offline with the existing OST, provided that the MS Exchange profile is not been modified. So that the data can easily be moved from OST to PST file. If for any reason, the existing OST gets deleted or been lost, then the chances of losing incorporated data would be high.

If the profile that is used to create the OST file is not modified or altered; the email components stored in the associated folder can be recovered. On the contrary, if new mailbox is created out of the profile associated to OST, the data saved in it would be deleted.

Workaround to Recover Deleted Emails from OST

The good thing is that the messages incorporated in the offline file can be copied to the Outlook PST. The process to manually perform the conversion task is:

• Start the Exchange Client in Offline Mode 
• Go to the ‘Tools’ menu and click on the ‘Services’ 
• Next, click ‘Add’
• Add a PST (Personal Folders) service
• Select email messages that needs to be copied
• Go to the ‘File’ menu and click on ‘Copy’
• In the dialog box that says ‘Copy to’ select the PST created recently
• Click ‘OK’
• Next, click on each folder that has email messages to copy the mails to the folder in the newly created mailbox.

Although, the manual workaround procedure to recover deleted emails from OST file works accurately, but there are some associated drawbacks. This procedure has to be repeated for every individual folder to copy the incorporated email messages. It can be cumbersome and time consuming as well.

In such scenario, when it is immensely important to quickly recover deleted emails from OST file, it is recommended to employ MagicSoft OST Email Recovery software. The application comes with dual benefits that of recovery and conversion. It is an efficient data recovery solution that recovers every single email along with the integrated components. Not only deleted, but permanently deleted emails can also be recovered using the application.