Recover Email from OST File Outlook 2016 with Best Tricks

In this blog post, we have shared a situation where the users require to recover Email from OST File Outlook 2016. And also we gave both manual and automated solutions to extract data from OST files from these scenarios.

Have you lost the emails of an OST file and searching for a solution? Is that the thing then you landed on the right place. This situation can be raised due to the accidental deletion of the file stores in the OST file with the Exchange Server.

OST is an offline storage table that is used to store mailbox items like calendars, contacts, attachments, appointments, etc. Users can work with the OST file even in the offline mode. And the backup copy of the OST file data saves on the hard drive.

But sometimes the user is not able to access the deleted emails even from the deleted folders. And if the users deleted the email items permanently they can be restores from the below situations.

Situation No.1: If you have an Exchange account that has been disabled (Not Deleted)

For the solution of the above situation you need to export outlook emails to PST file. Follow the below steps:-

• Launch the Exchange Email application
• Click on the file > Open & Export > Import/Export

• Now under Choose an action to perform options choose Export to a file and tap next

• In the next window choose Outlook Data file (.pst)

• Now just select the specific folders that you need to export and tap next
• Now choose the location by tapping on the browse button to save the resultant PST file

So by following the above steps you can export extract OST file to PST.

Situation No.2: Changes in the original Profile of Microsoft Exchange

In this situation, any changes made in the profile of Exchange can lead to the OST file orphaned. This OST file can not be used to collect the information.

The possible solution to recreate synchronization between the Microsoft Exchange Server and OST with the help of unique MAPI address.

• Firstly you need to connect the Outlook with original MAPI
• Then just connect the address of MAPI with the original Microsoft Exchange Server

Situation No.3: Accident Deletion of the Exchange Mailbox

If your account gets deleted from the mail server then as result the OST file gets corrupt. And the only solution to recover deleted email from OST file is to convert OST to PST. And there is no inbuilt utility offered by Microsoft to make the conversion of OST to PST.

Then the only solution is to use a third-party application. So SysInspire OST to PST Converter is the best solution that allows the users to convert OST files to PST with data integrity.

Convert OST to PST Using SysInspire OST Software

• In the first download and install SysInspire OST to PST Converter on your system
• Start the software and click Select OST to make the selection of the OST file

• Click on the browse tab to make the selection of OST file that you like to convert into PST format
• If you don’t know the location of the OST file tap on search OST to get and choose the OST file

• Once you select the OST file the software scans it and fix all the errors

• Now you can see the preview of items store in the OST file. Just choose the folders that you like to convert to PST
• Then in the next window select the conversion format which is PST and tap on the Browse button to save the PST file in the specific location
• And tap ok and wait for the process to gets complete.

Final Review

So in this blog post, we listed the situations in which users want to recover Email from OST File Outlook 2016. Users can try the manual approach that we listed in this blog post. But the manual method can be time taking process for non-skilled users and also it can easily affect data integrity.

And for the quick solution, you can work with SysInspire OST to PST Converter software that can easily download from the official website of SysInspire. With the help of this software, users can convert OST to PST even you can use its free demo version. I hope you find this blog helpful for you and you will able to get the solution of your query.

Get the solution related to below queries:-

• 0x8004010f Outlook Data file cannot be Accessed
• Repairing OST File

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