A Personal Storage Table (.PST) is an file format used to store \ncopies of messages, calendar events, and other items within Microsoft \nOutlook. The working of Microsoft Outlook is completely depends on PST \nfile as it is main fire for storing data. When this files gets corrupt, \nit directly impacts the working of MS Outlook. There are several type of\n errors may cause due to corruption of PST file. Then we need to try \ndifferent solutions to resolve errors. This takes more time and efforts.
\nTo avoid all these overheads, better is to prevent PST file from corruption. Following are ways to protect your PST file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its nothing but lesson of data management. To get best performance from system we need to avoid excessive space consumption. Although Outlook 2003 and 2007 supports PST files up to 20GB, while Outlook 2010, 2013, and 2016 supports 50 GB sized PST files, it is highly recommended to keep PST file size below 10 GB. This decrease the probability of corruptions and increase access speed. On older Outlook version the maximum size for PST file is 2GB. Don\u2019t exceed this limit. Doing so may cause PST file corruption and Outlook errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abnormal shutdown leads to inconsistent state of system. It can cause\n the PST to become corrupt, therefore, making the stored data items \ninaccessible To prevent corruption of PST file, always exit from Outlook\n before you shut down your computer. Make sure you closed Outlook before\n shut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Microsoft Outlook will dead-lock if you operate a large number of \nemails in one time and after dead-lock, you will have to shut-down \nOutlook abnormally which will very likely cause PST file corruption. \nWork with small batches to avoid such dead-lock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PST file is designed to store on local computers. Do NOT store it on a\n remote drive or server. Since it is not designed to operate over \nnetwork the network environment cannot support dense access of the PST \nfile and will cause the PST file corruption frequently. Also do NOT \nshare the PST file on the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n