MS Outlook provides an excellent facility to work offline when it is used in conjunction with the Microsoft Exchange server. OST file is the replica of mailboxes stored on the Exchange Server. Working offline facility allows us to work offline with mailboxes even in the downtime of the Exchange server. To open an orphan ost file, users have only one option to convert them into another format. On the other hand, Outlook® by Microsoft is becoming a choice of many enterprises. Many third-party solutions like Microsoft OST to PST Converter serves a better purpose to repair, recover, and convert .ost files into a Microsoft PST format.
Microsoft OST to PST Converter
Today we are going to discuss how to repair ost files having major corruption issues as well as which is the perfect tool to convert an ost file into an Outlook pst format. A product named Microsoft OST to PST Converter is analyzed for its potential to repair ost file and recover ost file, which is permanently deleted i.e., you can convert .ost files into a Microsoft PST. Microsoft OST to PST Converter is the advanced tool which implements a special algorithm to split large/oversized pst file also. The tool has several quality attributes, which make the conversion very simple.
Product Specification:
Developers: SysTools Function: Convert OST Files to PST Current Version:4.5 Size:18.7 MB Trial Version: Available
Product Description
Microsoft OST to PST Converter is the profoundly revolutionary solution to convert ost files into Outlook pst format by keeping all original meta details of mail. This tool uses advanced scanning options to repair ost files having major corruption issues. Recovery of the ost file is also possible, which is permanently deleted. Users can export selective mail an option to save the ost file as email or msg is also available.
Steps Required to Convert OST Files to PST Format
Install and Run OST to PST Converter. To initiate processing, click on the “Add File” button on the menu bar. Choose the path of the ost file from any location of the computer, and the software will scan the ost file and shows the file size in KB.
When scanning finishes, the following screen appears, after scanning of emails below screen appears. Users can see previews of all mail via “switch view mode”.
To export an OST mail into PST format(right click on selective mail » choose export), users need to select the format (PST, EML, and MSG) in which they want to access recovered ost files.
After clicking on the Export option, the exporting process begins, as shown in the following screen.
Analyzing the Output
The procedure of exporting the ost file into pst format executed successfully. Also, the Deleted Items, Junk Emails, and Sent items folders were included with the tool during conversion. Application for Microsoft OST to PST Conversion does not harm the original formatting of email through the conversion. The speed of the tool is excellent, but it could be improved when Advance Scan Option is used. The option to export selective mail is also available. The trial version of software exports 25 emails per folder. If you want to export more than 25 items, then always opt licensed version tool. The option to split oversized pst file is also available, tested for 20 GB of OST file, results in the recovery rate of 2mbps.
Conclusion
In comparison to other tools in the market with the same functioning, Microsoft OST to PST tool has more features and better performance also. Considering the ability of the software for flawlessly recovery of ost file and export those ost files into PST format, I would rate this recovery software 8/10.
