How to Retrieve Emails from OST File Within A Minute

Written By Edwin Stark
Updated on December 17th, 2024

Summary: In general, Outlook saves its data in two file formats PST and OST respectively. PST is a personal storage file whereas OST is an offline storage file. OST file is used to keep the copy of your mailbox items like messages, contacts, calendars, tasks, notes, journals, and so on. These mailbox items can be accessed without a network connection. Unfortunately, there are situations when your OST files might get damaged or you unintentionally delete the file and all the data becomes inaccessible. When you delete an email, then it gets stored in the ‘Deleted Items’ or ‘Trash’ folder. You can easily retrieve your OST data from there. Unfortunately, there are cases when the items present in the ‘Deleted Items’ get deleted or you might have emptied the folder. With this article, I will try to tell you various techniques, on how to retrieve emails from OST files using manual method and professional OST Recovery Tool.

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So now the question is how to retrieve OST file and its data?

Simple Methods to Retrieve Emails from OST File

Export OST to PST File

You can use the below method to get back your OST data when you are working on the same Microsoft Exchange profile.

In Outlook, go to File menu, choose Open &Export >> Import/Export
Under the Import & Export wizard, click on the Export to a file option > > Outlook data file (.pst).
Select the required OST folders which have the Microsoft Exchange information and then click on Next.
Provide the location for saving the recovered data, and then click on Finish.
Now, copy the files from the PST to the mailbox folder.

Using Unique MAPI Address

This method is suggested only when your Microsoft Exchange profile is either deleted, changed or altered. For this situation, you have to create the synchronization between the offline folder file and Exchange Server.
Follow the below steps to do so:

Make the connection between Outlook with the original Messaging Application Programming Interface MAPI.
Now link the original MAPI with the Exchange Server.

Limitation

Here, I would like to mention that these two methods will not work in the following situations:

When the Exchange Server profile gets accidentally deleted and you don’t have the backup of data.
When there is a high level of corruption in the OST file.

However, there is still is an alternate solution that can help you in recovering or restore your offline OST file data. And that is, by using a professional OST File Recovery tool.
One of the most renowned tools in this segment is SysInfo OST Recovery Tool.
This tool has many inbuilt features like it can repair and recover data from highly corrupted OST files plus it can easily get back your emails which has been deleted from OST files. You can even save the recovered data in various other file formats like PST, MBOX, MSG, and so on. Moreover, the software is quick and effective in resolving any type of OST error.

Conclusion

Through this article, I have tried to give you an easy solution to retrieve emails from OST files. You can try the manual method which is free, but in case you want to Extract Contacts From OST File go for the suggested tool. Follow the given instructions. Hope you like it!

About The Author:

Edwin Stark

Edwin Stark is a Technical Content Writer who specializes in writing about databases, e-mail recovery, and e-mail migration solutions. He loves researching and developing content that helps database administrators, organizations and novices to fix multiple problems.

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